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CULTURE OF CHERRIES. 
dav, and forty by night. When the flowers begin to open, which 
will be about five weeks from the time of closing the house, raise up 
the heat to fifty by day, and forty-five by night, and give air at the 
top sashes during the day. Should the sun heat be strong, do not al¬ 
low it to raise the thermometer above sixty. After the fruit is set, in¬ 
crease the heat to 60 by day, and 45 by night, and syringe the trees 
well with clear water, to cleanse them from filth. At the time of 
stoning, diminish the heat to 50 degrees by day ; if there be much 
sun-shine, syringe two or three times a week, and in the middle of 
the day give a slight shade with netting. If the weather be very 
rough and boisterous, they must not be deprived of air ; a little thick 
netting or gauze might be placed in the apertures through which the 
air is admitted to break the force of the wind, but be careful to allow 
no violent draught of wind to continue passing through any part of 
the house, so as to act upon the tree. (See Mr. Stafford’s Obser¬ 
vations, page 193.) If the weather be damp, stronger fires must 
be made to counteract its effects, but the glass must not be allowed 
to range higher than fifty degrees. When the stoning is completed 
and the fruit begins to swell, raise the temperature from sixty to 
sixty-five degrees ; and if the weather be fine, syringe pretty oftem 
In raising the temperature at different times, let it be done very gra¬ 
dually, as any sudden changes may endanger the crop. When 
they begin to ripen, keep up a brisk heat, give abundance of air, 
keeping the house dry, and they will ripen with a good flavour. 
33 
From the commencement of forcing, to the time of the fruit begin¬ 
ning to change, whenever water is syringed on the trees, let it be 
of the same temperature as the house. At the time the trees are 
in blossom, when water cannot be sprinkled oil the trees, occasion¬ 
ally throw it on the flues. We consider the best plan for a cherry- 
house to be this. Fig. 33. The construction is so simple, that 
