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in the winter pruning; therefore, none should deep enough to lay them in across the footpath 

 be left but the fine strong wood, cutting con- at lot nl about 



stantly at the second, third, or fourth eye; rah- and tied them to staki 



b:i:g the lowest bud off, and that which conies hers, laying in the wood as dii wall- 



out at the joint between the in w and last year's and keeping them it they 



wood. By these means as much fruit will, be says, might not shade the bottom of the wall- he also 

 be procured from these short shoots as by the pruned them as be does those against walls lav. 



mon way of pruning. It is necessary to leave mg the shoots in very long, except tii 

 two or three of the strongest shoots for next were intended to bear fruit next - 

 year's bearing wood, and never to top them, which Ik- took off all the side-shoots and run- 

 V :i there is not room to train them, they "era against the wall and espaliers. In a favour- 

 may he led over the tops of the other trees, if able season these bear, he says, verv tine fruit, 

 the vines are planted against piers; or be run better than what is got from the walls by the 

 behind the standards, if there be any, which is old method of pruning." 



generally the case where the walls are high. In The use of the composition is advised as soon 

 this way all the wall will be covered, which will after pruning as possible ; lor, as the vine is verv 

 have a very beautiful appearance when tl.e porous, it soon imbibes the wet and moisture 

 fruit is ripe, besides furnishing a plentiful sup- which brings it quickly to decay. He adds 

 ply of fine grap?s. The shoots at the bottom of that " if at any time a vine should be cut late m 

 the wall may be run behind the dwarf trees, the season, it will be apt to bleed much • in 

 or be tacked down over the top of the wall on which case the powder should be applied re- 

 the other side where the walls are low. Mr. pealing the application till the bleeding stops." 

 Forsyth has had very fine grapes on east and He stales that he " cut two strong vinc-oranches 

 vest walls, in good seasons, between peaches, in the month of June, and three" more in July 

 plums, Sec, particularly when the trees are in very hot weather, on purpose to try the ti: 

 young." In these cases he advises to " keep of the powder in stopping the bleeding. The 

 cutting in the vines as the other trees grow and sap rose so strong that it worked out at~the ton 

 fill Up the walls. He also trains them over the in a froth ; he applied the powder, which in a 

 tops of trees on each side; which, he says, never short time entirely stopped it." These direc - 

 does any harm to the trees below, provided they tions are chiefly for vines on the natural wail 

 are kept nailed to the wall. He has also planted though the same method lus been advised to be 

 vines between trees on north and east aspects, practised for forced grapes. 

 and trained them over the lops of the south and Grape-vines require a dry light soil, and such 

 w est w alls to fill the upper parts, till the peaches a situation as has a full south aspect, 

 and nectarines cover them." He then cuts Mr. Forsyth advises, "after the crapes are 

 away part of the vines, leaving only as many set and begin to swell, to water them with 

 shoots as he inav think necessary. " Two years the barrow engine, sprinkling I hem ail over the 

 -. he removed some old apricots that leaves and fruit, pressing the tore finger over the 

 covered a wall about one hundred and sixty-five top of the pipe; by which the water can be 

 feet long, and planted them against a new wall, thrown as fine as small rain, which will wash 

 leaving five vines that were planted against the all the dust off" the vines and leaves, that are 

 piers. These five plants have, in the course of frequently covered with it, especially where the 

 two years, covered the above wall from top to garden is near a public road. The instcts should 

 bottom, and bear plenty of fine srrapes every likewise be washed off the trees. In fine weather 

 year. He says he alsomoved an old vineon a wall he sprinkles all the wall-trees three times a week, 

 near to the above, and cut it in pretty close, which keeps them clear from insects, and pro- 

 when it has in three vear? spread twenty-six motes the swelling of the fruit; but this opera- 

 yards, and bears very tine fruit. And against tion mu-t never, he savs, be performed when the 

 one of the piers had, he says, been planted a nights arc cold and frosty. The sprinkling of 

 black Hamburgh grape, and at the other side of the trees should be begun when the sun is in an 

 the same pier a Muscadine, at the distance of oblique direction, or gone off the wall, which 

 about two feet from each other ; he pruned them may be about four o'clock on a south aspect ; as 

 both according to his method, and the second by doing it at this time the leaves will ban 

 year after, they produced one thousand one time to dry before night, and so prevent the 

 hundred bunches of fine grapes." It is added frost, if there should beany in the night, from 

 " that he also tried an experiment bv taking some injuring them. In verv hot and (fay weather the 

 shoots from a south wall, optuing the ground trees should have a uood bottom watering once 



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