Gathering The gathering and storing of fruit will continue to engage attention. Several of our best Pears, notably Beurre Diel, Souvenir du Congres, Conference, Fertility, Marie Louise, Doynne Boussoch, Pit-maston Duchess, and Emile d'Heyst may be expected to be ready for gathering by the end of September. The individual fruits on the trees may vary, and none should be forced off.

Muscat Grapes

Muscat of Alexandria, that long-berried, long-bunched, golden-yellow Grape, is one of the finest flavoured varieties which we have, and growers who succeed in ripening a good crop of it may be congratulated. The house should be kept dry, and a little heat maintained in the pipes in dull, damp weather.

Melons

Early crops of Melons will have been finished, and if later ones are being grown the blooms will probably be open. They should be pollinated in accordance with previous instructions.

Raspberries

If the old canes from which fruit has been picked have not yet been removed, they should be cut out without delay, and the young shoots thinned to half-a-dozen of the best from each root.

Strawberries

Plants in small pots, raised from layers in early summer, should be transferred to 6-inch pots if wanted for forcing, and the new soil pressed firmly round them.