GRAPE VINES IN GROUND VINERIES. 



the large vinery must be placed on a wall two bricks in height, leaving apertures half a 

 brick wide, and 6 inches deep, for ventilation. The vineries should stand north-east 

 and south-west. 



The vine should not be planted under the glass, but at one end outside, as shown in 

 Fig. 82, U. Where the soil is unsuitable, take it out 2 feet deep, and supply fresh 

 compost on good drainage. Cut the vine down to 9 inches ; let the growth from the 

 uppermost bud only remain, stop it at a length of 4 feet, continue a growth from its 

 extremity, and pinch it at 1 foot from the end of the vinery. Keep laterals and sub- 

 laterals pinched to one leaf. Shorten the cane to 3 teet of the old wood in autumn, 

 cutting the laterals close in. In the following year leave the side-shoots 12 to 15 inches 

 apart on both sides of the rod, stop them at one joint beyond the fruit, or at the fifth or 

 sixth leaf, pinch the laterals to one leaf, and allow three or four bunches only to remain. 



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Fig. 82. GROUND VINERIES. 



References : U, vinery on one height of bricks per single rod. V, large vinery on two heights of bricks : i, slates 

 or tiles ; j, bricks on which to rest vine rods. 



Take a leading shoot from the extremity, treating it similarly to its predecessor, both in 

 summer and autumn, and at the winter pruning shorten the side-shoots to two buds. 

 This procedure is followed in subsequent years, the leader being shortened to 3 feet, and 

 the spurs to two buds annually. The vinery may be extended to any length by placing 

 the desired number of frames end to end, or the vine can be confined to a single frame. 

 The lights may be removed, after the fruit is cut, for about a fortnight, to ripen the 

 wood, but not until the foliage commences to mature. 



The situation for ground vineries must be open, dry, and sunny. The vines com- 

 mence growing in April, and the young shoots are apt to be injured by frost, especially 

 when in contact with the glass. We advise the vines to be trained to galvanised wires, 

 about 1 foot from the surface of the tiles, which are preferable to slates. The ridges can be 

 covered with mats in the evening, removing them in the morning after the frosts are gone. 

 The bunches should be thinned, and over-cropping avoided. Birds may be kept out by 



