Figs.--If the second crop on the earliest trees is advancing towards
maturity, as soon as the fruit begins to ripen the atmosphere should
be kept dry and rather cool, giving air freely every fine day. Keep the
foliage clean and healthy, and clear from insects, and do not allow the
young shoots to get crowded.
Melons.--Keep up a good bottom heat when the fruit is setting. Keep the
plants on which the fruit is ripening rather dry at the root, with an
abundance of air in fine weather.
Pines.--Air to be admitted freely during hot weather to fruiting and
succession plants. Particular care will be necessary in the application
of water that they may not suffer for want of it, or by saturation. The
walls, paths, and surface of the bed to be kept constantly moist, and
frequent syringings to be given to the young stock. Continue all other
routine operations according to former directions.
Strawberries.--Some lay the runners at once into pots of strong, rich
loam, cutting them away from the parent plants when they have made roots
enough for their own support. Some prefer to lay them in small pots, to
be shifted into larger by-and-by, and others prefer to lay them in their
fruiting-pots. The principal object should be, to attain plants of a
moderate growth, well matured and rested before forcing time.
Vines.--The early houses, when they have been cleared of their fruit,
and the wood is properly ripened may have the sashes removed and
repaired, if required; indeed, every house is purified by free exposure
to the atmosphere for some time. The late crops to be encouraged to
swell by giving the borders good soakings of manure water, and by being
carefully thinned, more especially if they are wanted to keep late.
A little fire-heat will be necessary in unfavourable weather, with an
abundance of air day and night.