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JULY — THIRD WEEK. 



liquid manure added about once a week to assist the 

 second crop. Keep down red spider by the applica- 

 tion of sulphur in the manner so frequently advised 

 of late. Give the fruit that is ripening the benefit 

 of the sun, by fastening on one side the leaves that 

 shade it. 



Peaches. — The fruit will be all the more delicious 

 for a comparatively cool temperature while ripening. 

 Examine the fruit daily, and gather before it is over- 

 ripe and loses its flavour. 



Pines. — Maintain a good bottom heat, and encourage 

 the growth of the advancing crop by kindly humidity 

 and allowing them plenty of air and sufficient space from 

 plant to plant. Give air, also, freely to the young stock 

 in dungpits, to secure strong stocky growth ; but a cir- 

 culation should not be allowed by giving back and front 

 air at the same time during hot drying winds. Attend 

 to former directions to afford the plants swelling their 

 fruit a moist atmosphere by frequent syringings and by 

 sprinkling the paths and every other available surface until 

 the fruit begins to change colour, when the atmosphere 

 and soil should be kept rather dry, to improve the fruit's 

 flavour. See to the stools from which fruit have been 

 cut. Earth them up, so as to cause suckers to strike 

 root. G-ive them a brisk bottom heat, and proper sup- 

 plies of water. You will thus gain time and assistance 

 for the suckers from the declining strength of the parent 

 plant as long as possible. It is now a good time to 

 start a lot into fruit, as they will have two or three 

 most favourable months for swelling, and will come in 

 at a season when they are in very general request. 

 Keep the bark-bed moderately moist, as in that state 

 it will retain its heat much longer than if it is allowed 

 to get dry. 



Vines. — Keep up a brisk heat to the late Grapes 

 during the day, as it is advisable to get them well ripened 

 before the season gets too far advanced. By such means 

 they will be of better quality and keep longer than if the 

 ripening process be delayed to a later period. Do not 

 allow plants in pots to remain in the house to cause damp, 

 which, despite every care in ventilating, is apt to settle 

 on the berries and spoil them. The outside borders of 



