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air, and somewhat about this shoukl be the average of mid-day tempera- 

 ture. 



To insure a good crop of Grapes, we are satisfied that they must have 

 — plenty of heat — plenty of air — plenty of moisture — severe thinning of 

 hunches — and severe thinning of berries. The vines, also, must be primed 

 often, and kept free ; the wood never crowded. Great attention must 

 be paid to the airing of the house, which must be done gi*aduully, that 

 there may be at no time a sudden change in the temperature. 



With such attention, and the j)rerequisite of a rich border, on a dry 

 subsoil, good crops of fine Grapes are always to be obtained. The vines 

 require mucli moisture until they have completed their last swell, when 

 the moisture should be withdrawn. 



Insects axd Diseases. When properly grown under glass the Grape 

 is a very vigorous plant, liable to few diseases. The bleeding which 

 often happens at the commencement of growth, usually ceases without 

 doing liarm when the foliage begins to expand. If excessive, it may be 

 stopped by a mixture of three pai'ts of cheese-parings and one part lime 

 applied to the wound. The red spider, which sometimes infests vineri(;s 

 kept at a high temperature, is usiuilly destroyed by coating over the 

 flues with a wash of quick-lime and sulphur, after which the house must 

 be kept closed for half a day. The smaller insects which occasionally 

 prey on the young shoots are easily kept down by syringing the parts 

 aftected with a solution of whale-oil soap. 



Varieties. There are in the catalogue a vast number of names of 

 Grapes, many of which belong to the same fruit. But there are really 

 only twenty or thirty varieties w^hich are at all worthy of cultivation in 

 gardens. Indeed, tlie most experienced gardeners are satisfied with a 

 dozen of the best sorts for their vineries. 



We will describe some of the finest foreign Grapes that have been 

 introduced. 



Aleppo. 



Switzerland Grape. Raisin d'Aless. 



Striped Muscadine. ' Chasselas panache. 



Variegated Chasselas. Mauiillan panache. 



Raisiu Suisse. Maurillan noir panache. 



A vexy singular Grape, the berries being mostly striped with white 

 and black in distinct lines. The foliage is also px-ettily striped in 

 autumn. 



Bunches rather below medium size. Beri'ies medium size, I'oundish. 

 Skin thin, striped with white and dark red, or black. Flesh juicy, 

 and of a rich and excellent flavor. 



Alicante. 



Black Lisbon. Black St. Peters. Black Portugal. 



Black Pfilestine. Black Spanish. Black Valentia. 



Meredith's Alicante. St. Peters. Espagnin Moir. 



Alicantenivein. Blauer von Alicante. Sanct Peter's Traube. 

 Schwarzer Spanischer. 



An excellent late variety, which is large and showy, and hangs well 



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