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FRUITS. 
Pines: Where tan is used for bottom-heat, care should be taken that the heat 
is not too violent, or it may greatly damage the young roots, and from the effects 
of this they would not soon recover. All plants intended for fruiting early next 
season should now be shifted into their fruiting-pots; also shift succession plants 
as they may require pot-room, but do not reduce the ball, merely remove the 
drainage. Use free turfy loam, with a third part rotten manure ; do not press the 
soil too firmly in the pots ; water freely, and air according to the state of the 
weather; keep up a moist warm temperature in the fruiting-pit at night. 
Peaches and Nectarines: As soon as the crop is gathered in the early houses, 
go over the trees, and cut away all useless shoots, such as are not required for 
fruiting next season, or for filling vacant spaces. When this is done, give the 
trees a good washing, and water the borders if dry. If the trees show signs of 
weakness, a good soaking of liquid manure would greatly help them for another 
season. Keep the late houses well syringed and watered up to the time the fruit 
is ripening; expose the fruit to the sun, and give air at all times. 
Vines: Eipe Grapes should be kept cool by admitting plenty of air, and as 
soon as the crop is cleared, give the Vines a good washing with the garden 
engine. Allow the laterals to grow on, so that the foliage will remain in a healthy 
state for some time to come. In the late houses, where the fruit is swelling, a 
moist growing heat should be maintained. Use a little fire-heat in chilly 
weather to these as well as late Muscats. Tie-in the shoots, and thin the berries 
in the latest house ; air freely in the early part of the day, but syringe and close 
as soon as the sun is off the house in the afternoon. On no occasion should 
Vines in pots be allowed to get dry. The growing stock should be assisted with 
liquid manure : also those on which fruit is swelling. 
Melons: Plant out the last crop early in the month. Keep the advancing 
crops well-sjrringed and watered till they approach maturity ; give plenty of air, 
and in hot days the lights may be drawn off altogether till closing time. 
Figs: Give abundance of air and moisture, especially in the case of those 
where the second crop is swelling. 
Hardy Fruit: We advised in last-month’s calendar the thinning and stopping 
of the shoots of all trained fruit-trees ; if any should remain undone, they should 
be proceeded with at once, and at the same time make the final thinning of 
Apricots and Peaches, Plums and Pears should also be thinned where the crop 
is heavy. Young Peach and Apricot trees that are very vigorous should be 
stopped, to induce them to make growth of a fruitful character. Thin and stop 
the shoots of Figs as soon as they have made a growth of about six inches. 
Strawberries: The late sorts should be well watered if the weather be hot 
and dry ; tie up the heavy fruit, and place nets over them. Layer runners for 
new plantations, and for forcing. 
Orchard-houses will now require plenty of air night and day, when the 
weather is warm. Assist the trees occasionally with liquid manure, and at no 
time should they be allowed to suffer from want of water.—J. Powell, Frogmore. 
VEGETABLES. 
In a too general way kitchen-garden crops will be unusually late in perfecting 
themselves this season, and this will doubtless militate greatly against the per¬ 
fection to which they should attain. If the successional sowings of Peas and 
Beans (both Broad and Kidney), have been continued without break, there will 
not fail to be a moderate successional supply of each. It is difficult to deter¬ 
mine what kind of weather we are likely to experience, although judging from 
