Cherries.--When the fruit is ripening, air to be given freely, even to
the drawing the lights off completely in favourable weather. Fires may
be discontinued altogether, unless the nights are very cold.
Figs.--Give them plenty of water in all their stages of growth;
discontinue the use of the syringe during the ripening process. They
frequently require attention in stopping all long young shoots.
Melons.--If there is a sufficient depth of soil for the plants, they
will not require any large supplies of water after the fruit is swelling
off; but it will be necessary to sprinkle the plants overhead, and to
shut up early every fine afternoon with a good heat. Lay the fruit on a
tile or piece of slate.
Peaches.--When the fruit is swelling off, or beginning to ripen, admit
air freely in favourable weather, even to the drawing off the lights
entirely, so as to admit a free circulation and the direct influence of
the sun, by which flavour and colour are best attained. Continue to stop
all very-luxuriant shoots, and thin out the young wood. Some persons
lay in plenty of young wood to select from in winter pruning; but
fruit-bearing wood, regularly disposed all over the tree, is best
attained by the judicious and successive thinning of useless shoots
during their growing season. Continue to tie in the shoots of the late
houses.
Pineries.--When the repotting of the plants has recently taken place it
will be necessary to shade for several hours, during bright sunshine,
for a few days; but for the general stock shading should be dispensed
with as much as possible--as short, stiff leaves and sturdy growth are
best attained by judicious airings and humidity. Do not water much at
the root immediately after repotting. Maintain a brisk bottom heat to
the succession plants. Admit plenty of air during favourable weather.
Vineries.--As the fruit in the early houses become coloured, it is
advisable to remove all superfluous or rambling shoots; but to retain
and to preserve with the greatest care the principal leaves--as the
good quality of the fruit and the healthy condition of the tree for
the ensuing season will depend upon the number and healthy state of the
principal leaves.