Cherries.--The trees in large pots or tubs, from which the crop has been
lately gathered, should have abundance of air, and an occasional supply
of liquid manure. Give them, also, a good washing overhead with the
syringe, or engine, dashing it on with considerable force. They will
also require to have their wood matured early.
Figs.--Continue the practice of stopping when the shoots are four or
five eyes long. Give a liberal supply of water, and thin out the second
crop where too thick.
Melons.--Keep the shoots thin, and remove all useless laterals. When the
fruit is swelling, the soil should be kept in a properly moist state,
and the foliage in a healthy condition. The bottom heat should not be
allowed to sink below 75 deg..
Peaches.--Keep up a growing temperature with plenty of air and moisture,
and frequently syringe the trees, to keep them clean and healthy. The
ripening fruit will require plenty of air.
Pines.--Repot as they may require; for if they are allowed to remain in
a pot-bound state at this season they are very apt to start prematurely
into fruit. It is also particularly requisite that the balls are
thoroughly moist at the time of repotting. To give strength to the
growing stock, it is advisable to admit abundance of air in the morning
part of the day; and in the afternoon, to encourage a high degree of
heat with an abundance of atmospheric moisture. The plants growing in
open beds to be supplied with a steady bottom heat of from 80 deg. to 85
deg., and sufficient water to the roots.
Vines.--Proceed diligently with thinning the berries, as they swell
rapidly at this season. The late houses in which the Vines are in bloom
to be kept warmer and closer than they have been, until the fruit is
set. Stop the shoots and laterals, and never allow a mass of useless
wood to remain on them.