Cherries.--The principal objects to be attended to are--abundance of
air, with due precaution against cold draughts, a moist atmosphere, and
the free application of the syringe. The temperature the same as last
week. Particular attention in watering to be paid to the trees in
pots,--as too much is as bad as, if not worse than, too little.
Figs.--Continue stopping the young shoots at the fourth or fifth eye.
Keep the syringe in frequent use until the fruits begin to change for
ripening. Plenty of water, and occasionally a little weak tepid liquid
manure, to be given at the roots, more especially when they are confined
in pots or tubs.
Melons.--As soon as a sufficient number of fruit blossoms for a crop
are expanded, or are likely to expand within a day or two of each other,
they should be impregnated. As prevention is better than cure, keep
the plants in a healthy-growing state by frequent syringings in fine
weather, and closing early; insects will but rarely, if ever, attack
thriving plants.
Peaches and Nectarines.--As soon as the stoning of the fruit in the
early house is completed, give them a good watering with clear, weak
liquid manure; keep the shoots tied in regularly, and pinch off all
laterals. If the fruits in the late house are set, partially thin them;
as more dependence may now be placed on a crop than at an earlier period
of the season.
Pine Apples.--Fruiting plants will be greatly benefited by strong solar
heat, as, under its influence, evaporation will be rapid; therefore,
water must be applied to both roots and leaves. Succession plants to be
shaded during sudden bright sunshine or sunbursts; and be guided in the
application of water by the active or inactive state of the roots.
Vines.--Thinning the fruit is an operation of primary importance. The
first thinning to be performed when the berries are the size of Peas;
the second when they begin to be crowded; and the third after the
berries are stoned. A piece of strong wire, eight or ten inches long,
crooked at one end, is useful to draw the bunches backward and forward,
as the operator may require. The Vines in the late house to be tied up
as soon as they begin to break. Syringe them every fine afternoon, and
close the house early. Give air early in the morning, that the leaves
may become gradually dry before the sun acts powerfully upon them.