158 POTS THE PROPER SIZES. 



POTS THE PROPER SIZES. 



Par. 6. — Pines being both raised, and grown 

 to maturity in pots, it will be proper to give 

 directions relative to them, and the names of 

 sizes as they may be obtained in casts from the 

 potteries. The smallest size generally used for 

 planting the suckers and crowns in, are called 

 forty-eights, meaning forty-eight to the cast. 

 The next size for the first shifting is thirty-twos, 

 being thirty-two to the cast; the plants being fit 

 to shift out of the first into this size in a few 

 months ; the early or strong grown ones may he 

 shifted the same season, or the whole in the fol- 

 lowing spring. The next size are called twenty- 

 fours, or twenty-four to the cast ; this is the 

 proper size to shift them into until the next 

 shifting season ; but sometimes, when the plants 

 are not over large, they are allowed to remain in 

 this size for fruiting. The next and largest size, 

 generally used for finally shifting the pines, is 

 called sixteens, being sixteen to the cast. The 

 seasons and ways of shifting I intend to give 

 more fully in another paragraph. It is highly 



