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removed to a shed, where they were plunged, as they had been during 

 summer, up to the edges of the tubs. to 



"Spring Treatment. On the return of mild spring weather 

 abundance of air was admitted, and they remained there till 1st May, 

 when they were placed under glass, the buds at this time being about to 

 expand. Here they were kept till the 15th of June, at which time the 

 fruits were set, and all danger of cold to affect the foliage past. 



" Ventilation and Watering. During the period they were under 



'lass, May 1st to June 15th, the principal points of management were 

 ventilation, which was ample, and watering— the latter being one of the 

 nost important points in the treatment of all trees and plants in pots 

 .areless watering will ruin any plant, no matter how skilfully or care- 

 ully other points may be managed. Daily watering is necessary and 

 is soon as out of bloom, a free use of the syringe night and morning ' 



" bummer Treatment. On the 15th June, when all danger of cold 

 ras over, and the fruits set, they were removed from the glass cover- 

 ng and plunged in an open but sheltered 'border, and mulched with 

 id hot-bed manure. Since that time they have received no care but 

 catering, except an occasional pinch to regulate the growth of shoots. 



" There has not been a single leaf curled on any one of all these 

 rees, showing conclusively that the curl is due to unfavorable changes 

 1 weather. Each tree now is a bush about two and a half feet high 

 nd occupies about three feet square of space. ' 



" The first winter we had potted trees we kept them in a cellar, but 

 lost of the buds dropped, and we changed to the cool dry shed' the 

 oxes plunged, and this has been successful." 



In houses where fire-heat is used, and the fruit brought forward so 

 s to ripen in May and onward, the pots are either immersed in beds 

 t tan bark over the flues or heating pipes, or placed on platforms or 

 leives, the pot containing the tree inside of one, two, or three sizes 



