31(5 ERECTIOISS, ETC. 



By eyes. This is our most favourite method t_r propagating 

 plants of this most valuable fruit. Early in the month of 

 March we cut the shoots into eyes, leaving about an inch of 

 wood on each extremity, and plant those with their eyes up- 

 permost into pots, and place them in a hot or cold frame, pre- 

 pared for the purpose; plants from a single eye may easily be 

 made to grow twelve feet in one season, by constant repotting 

 und nourishing. The plants thus growing are decidedly the 

 best rooted, forming more capillary fibres; consequently more 

 nutritious support to the vine is absorbed in the same given 

 period of time; they also form shorter joints, and are capable 

 of producing more fruit on a plant of the same size. We 

 are aware that some start at this idea, and say that in a few 

 years it is not observed. It reminds us very much of the son 

 of the " Isle of the Ocean," when asked how old his brother 

 was, replied he was so much, but in two years he would be 

 " the same age." Nevertheless, this method of propagating 

 may not be generally accessible, the former two plans being 

 it the command of every one. 



ON ERECTIONS FOR THE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF 

 THE VINE IN OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 



To limit the proper height for training grapes would be a 

 preposterous idea, for they can be perfectly cultivated in this 

 country on any height from four to forty feet : indeed, on a 

 wall of the former, we have thirty sorts of grapes growing 

 luxuriantly, and fruiting in the most profuse manner. Some 

 of the vines, four years old, which have produced from six to 

 nine bunches of fine fruit, which only occupy, after pruning, 

 a space of about eighteen inches square. 



Walls of brick are decidedly the most preferable for the 

 perfection of the grape ; and if they be built for the express 

 purpose, the most judicious distribution of materials would 

 be in the erection of several low walls, not more than seven 

 feet high. For the purpose of pruning, training, &c, walls 

 of this height are far preferable to those of a greater; and if 

 built to run directly south or north, the entire surface of 

 both sides may be judiciously covered. The eastern aspect 

 would render a sure and abundant early crop; those on the 

 western side would not be so productive, and more liable t& 



