Cherries.--Thin out the fruit where in large clusters; admit plenty of
air at favourable opportunities, and never allow the trees in tubs, or
pots, to become dry.
Figs.--The same as last week.
Peaches and Nectarines.--Keep the leading shoots regularly tied in, and
pinch out the points of some of the stronger ones.
Pine Apples.--It is advisable to keep all that are starting, or have
already started, into fruit, at one end of the house, or pit, that more
air may be admitted to them than to the others more advanced, to produce
a more robust growth, and to avoid the necessity of using stakes to
support the fruit. Air to be admitted freely to the succession plants at
every favourable opportunity.
Strawberries (in pots).--Where fruit are colouring, keep a rather dry
atmosphere, with a liberal supply of air, in order to secure flavour.
When the plants are in bloom, keep them near the glass, and the
atmosphere dry, with a good supply of fresh air; but avoid currents of
frosty air. Introduce succession plants under glass according to the
demand. Do not expose those from which fruit has been picked to the open
air till well hardened off. Give them the protection of a cold pit for a
time, as they are invaluable in open-air plantations.
Vines.--Where the fruit is on the change to colouring admit air on every
favourable opportunity, not forgetting to give it in the morning before
the sun shines on the house, to prevent the condensed vapour, which
would affect them injuriously, from settling on the bunches. Attend to
stopping the laterals, thinning the young shoots, tying in leaders, &c.,
in the later houses. Remove the top dressing from the outside border, to
allow the increasing power of the sun to act beneficially upon it.