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have grown will be filled with white-looking 

 roots, and will present a fine healthy appearance. 



Let each plant have three good shoots or 

 breaks, stopping them alternately, as before re- 

 commended, at every joint. The shoots must 

 be stopped alternately, as, if all the three were 

 stopped at the same time, the growth and pro- 

 gress of the plant would be unnecessarily checked 

 and injured. On this account you should never 

 stop a second leader or shoot till you see a break 

 coming forward on the one first stopped. 



The next consideration is the description of 

 frame suitable to winter use ; the making of a 

 bed for the plants to fruit. The one I shall 

 recommend (although any the grower may 

 possess can be applied), should be four feet 

 wide by twelve feet long, with three lights ; and 

 it must be two feet deep at the back, and one foot 

 six inches in front. It should be made of good 

 inch and a-half yellow deal, and so put together 

 as to be proof against the entrance of steam ; 

 and the lights should be well glazed with narrow 



