Ii2 THE GRAPE. 



tying: a fine net-work bag over the bnncli, and, if tliere be 

 a suitable place on the premises for its healthy action, the 

 vine ought to be removed away from any other plant or 

 the same family which may be in bloom at the same time, 

 for the pollen is a very subtle substance, and a proximity 

 to others might destroy all success. 



Independent of this cross-breeding with the exotics, which 

 may, in the fruit, sooner bring about the desired result, we 

 may arrive at the same point of excellence with our own 

 natives by a little patience and perseverance, without any 

 danger of injuring the constitutional habits of the progeny ; 

 consequently this course is the best to pursue, and will ulti- 

 mately give the most desired results. 



