308 Diary of the Cultivation of the Grape Vine 



The weather having been dry since the 10th, 

 gave about a barrel of water to each vine. 



Cloudy and cool, with east wind and rain. 



Cut specimens of the Muscat Blanc Hatif, 

 White Muscadine, Pitmaston White Clus- 

 ter, White Frontignan, Macready's Early 

 White, and Wilmot's Black Hamburgh for 

 exhibition, — the latter colored well, but not 

 ripe. 



Cold easterly storm ; but the grapes being ripe, 

 no fire required. 



Warm again. House well aired now, both 

 sides and top, leaving the sashes open late 

 in the afternoon, in order to color the fruit 

 well and ripen the wood, previous to bring- 

 ing in the plants for the winter. 



All the fruit in the house is now ripe, with the 

 exception of the Esperione and Black Prince. 

 The last is late, and has the valuable prop- 

 erty of hanging very late. 



From this date, the diary was discontinued, as the tem- 

 perature was of no importance merely to ripen the wood. 

 Abundance of air is all that is now required till the vines are 

 pruned in December. 



From the 23d of August, the grapes were gradually cut 

 until the 1st of November, when the last of Wilmot's Black 



