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wrapping the part exposttl round with n 



id thick with bass matting ; which cover- 

 uld remain en till- epi ■ are over, 



and then the stem be washed well to dean it. 

 The vine&shouldbedivestedttf the least promis- 

 ing and supernumerary Bboots as soon as 

 sible, and great care should be taken net to leave 

 too abundant a crop ; as a few bunches in a high 

 state of perfection are preferable "to many in a 

 poor state. 



lie time of flowering, should the weather 

 ■rove hot and dry, with brisk winds ; to prevent 

 the berries of different sorts from falling oft at 

 the time ol their j-ctting, it is proper to water the 

 rents of the vims plentifully, to keep the house 

 a^ close as the weather will permit, and to water 

 the walks and flues in the hot-house constantly, 

 especially late in the evening, when the glasses 

 should be immediately closed, by which a bene- 

 ficial sort of dew is produced. 



In these situations, when the grapes are at 

 their last swelling, are becoming transparent, 

 and change from green to red or black, and till 

 they are nearly on the point of being ripe, plen- 

 tiful supplies of water, especially if the season 

 prove hot and dry, should be given to the vines. 



After the fruit is cut, no other management 

 is required till the pruning season, but that of 

 taking off the lateral shoots in the same man- 

 ner as in the preceding case. But in the next 

 winter's pruning all the vines that produced a 

 full crop of fruit, should be cut down nearly to 

 the bottom, that is, to the lowermost summer 

 shoot, which should also be cut down to the 

 first or second eye; while all those that were 

 cut down nearly to the bottom the preceding 

 season, and which will, in general, have made 

 very strong wood, must be left to the length of 

 tweniy-one or twenty-two feet each, with the 

 intention of producing a full crop of fruit the 

 follow ing season. 



The management of them during the next 

 summer will be nearly the same as in the pre- 

 ceding ; only, as they have increased in strength 

 and size, thev will be enabled to produce and 

 support a larger burthen of fruit. Hut the crop 

 should always be proportioned to the size and 

 vigour of the plants; but whilst they are young, 

 great moderation should be used as to the num- 

 ber of bunches that are allowed to stand and 

 ripen. Thev should be well thinned when the 

 berries are about the size of a small shot. And 

 the main shoulders, as less projecting 



parts of the bunch, should be suspended by 

 small strings to the rafters, and evi ry pari raised 

 to a horizontal position. In (binning the ber- 

 ries, great care should be taken to leave all the 

 most projecting ones ou every side of the bunch. 



VOL.II. 



In rety close-growing bunches it will be n< 



sary to clip out more than two-thirds, of the 



berries; in some, one half; but in the lo 



growing kinds, one third is generally - 



By this means the rcmaii rill swell 



well, grow- to a grc d not be ■ 



rot ; as ti.ey are apt to do in a hot-house, when 

 thev are wedged together in a close manner. 

 It h observed that " not only the raft* 

 roof of the hot-house, but the back wall 

 above the Hue, maybe turn. shed with fruit. 

 For this purpose, let every fourth or fifth vine- 

 plant be trained in one shoot cputc lo the top of 

 the rafter, and then directed • ten or 



twelve feet along the top (if the back wail. At 

 the winter's pruning, bring down that part of 

 -hoot perpendicularly, and cut it off at one 

 foot above the top of the Sue. The next spring 

 encourage only two shoots from the two extreme 

 or lowermost eyes of each :>hoot so brought 

 down, and train them in a horizontal direction 

 one fo.Ot above the top of the flue. I hese shoi 

 however, will grow- with greater readiness, if 

 they are trained upwards during the summer; 

 and they may easilv be brought to the desired 

 position at the next winter's pruning. They will 

 then form against the back wall the figure of 

 the letter T inverted. And in the next season 

 the horizontal shoots will produce new wood 

 from almost every eve, provided all the sho. 

 be pinched off from every other part as soon as 

 they appear;" laying in the shoots from oik: 

 to two uet apart, according to the kind of vine. 

 It is advised in these cases, to "'train all the 

 shoots in a perpendicular direction, and, pro- 

 vided they are strong and vigorous, to suffer 

 them to grow to the length of live or six feet 

 before they are stopped ; but all these must be 

 cut down to two or three eves at the next win- 

 ter's pruning." And " only one shoot should be 

 permitted to rise from each spur the following 

 season; and although thev will in cmeral be 

 sufficiently strong, and produce two or three 

 bunches apiece, yet only one bunch, should re- 

 main on each shoot : these will then be large 

 and tine, and the wood will be greatly benefited 

 by such practice. Uut these shoots must be 

 pruned next winter very differently. One shoot 

 must be left four feet, that next it only a tew 

 inches long, and so alternately." It is added 

 that " the vines on the rafters will require a 

 management .in future seasons nearh similar to 

 that described above ; and though it maw not be 

 advisable to prune them alternately so near to the 

 bottom of the rafters as was directed lor the two 

 preceding reasons, it will be frequently fouud 

 neceCS try to cut an old shoot down to the lower- 

 most summer shoot, as near to the bottom «4 

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