CALENDAR FOR THE FRUIT AND KITCHEN GARDENS. 
Pine-Apples.—For the succession and fruiting 
plants abundance of heat and moisture should 
now be supplied. Syringe on sunny days, both 
morning and evening. Remove suckers, except 
such as may be required for stock. 
Vines.—The temperature may now be 70° by 
night, 75° to 80° by day, and for Muscats 85° 
or 90° by sun-heat. A constant circulation of 
air is so essential that, in order to afford it, 
a little fire-heat may be necessary, except in 
very hot weather, But whilst plenty of air 
is recommended, sweeping draughts must be 
guarded against. Houses containing ripe Grapes 
must be kept dry and well aired. When the 
fruit is gathered the foliage should be well 
syringed. Water the borders with manure- 
water. Vines in pots should also be supplied 
with manure-water. Attend to stopping the 
shoots, and expose the foliage to as much light 
as possible. Vineries for very light crops will 
require little or no fire-heat, except, perhaps, 
when in flower, should the nights be colder 
than usual. Stop and regulate the shoots, as 
previously directed for early crops. Continue 
to thin the berries, and tie out the shoulders 
of bunches requiring It. 
figs.—The early crop of fruit will be gathered 
now; it will therefore be necessary to apply the 
same treatment as was in force for the early 
crop until the ripening of the second crop 
begins. Guard against having the growths so 
much crowded as to prevent the free operation 
of sunshine about them. No greater extent of 
shoots, nor quantity of foliage, should be en- 
couraged than is proportionate to the size of 
the pots. When the early crop is gathered, 
syringe the trees twice a day, and give weak 
manure-water abundantly. Thin out the second 
crop, reserving the largest fruits near the base 
of the shoots. 
Peaches and Nectarines.—When the fruit is 
ripening the leaves should be arranged so as 
to expose it to the sun, in order that it may 
acquire a fine colour. Attend to the training 
in of young shoots for next year’s bearing; and 
in order to give them more space, some of the 
present year’s bearing shoots may be cut back |. 
to the succession shoot at the base as soon as 
the fruit is gathered. When the fruit has been 
gathered, let the trees be well syringed, and 
all laterals cut off above the first joint at the 
base. 
Cherries. —The trees that have been forced 
should be occasionally supplied with manure- 
water, and the foliage should be kept clean by 
syringing, and those in pots be put out-of-doors | 
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on ashes, and the pots covered with some sort 
of material to prevent the sun from injuring 
the roots. 
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KITCHEN-GARDEN DEPARTMENT. 
In some seasons this month is excessively hot 
and dry; in others, heavy thunder-showers fall 
at intervals, and occasionally it is wet almost 
throughout. In the first case it will be obvious 
when watering is necessary; but sudden heavy 
rains are often deceptive, for they may run off 
by the surface without reaching the extremities 
of the roots of plants, and frequently the air 
becomes drier after these heavy falls than it 
was before. Under these circumstances vege- 
tation is more apt to suffer than if the drought 
had been continuous; and therefore watering 
must be more especially attended to after such 
rains as do not effectually moisten the ground 
to a sufficient depth. 
Herbs that are fit should be cut and dried; 
and towards the end of the month some other 
crops, as Potatoes, early kinds, will probably 
be sufficiently matured to be taken up to dry 
for housing. 
American Cress may be sown on a shaded 
border. 
Borecole.— Plant out, 2 feet apart, as the 
plants become fit. 
Broccoli._-Finish planting out the principal 
crops for winter and spring use. Sow Wal- 
cheren about the middle of the month for a 
late spring crop. 
Brussels Sprouts.— Plant out principal crops 
for winter use. 
Cubbage.—Plant for autumn use. The prin- 
cipal sowing for autumn planting should be 
made generally about the 25th; also of Red 
Cabbage. But in late situations these sowings 
ought to be made from the 10th to the 15th 
of the month. Hoe advancing crops, and in ex- 
posed situations draw a little earth to the stems. 
Cardoons.—Thin the patches so as to leave 
only the best plant in each. Hoe and water 
in dry weather. 
Carrots.—Sow seeds of the Early Horn for 
drawing young, and keep the principal crops 
free from weeds. 
Cauliflowers.—Plant out from tne May sowing 
if sufficiently advanced. 
Celeriac.—Plant out in the beginning of this 
month, if not done in the last. 
