58 Grape Culture. 



inarched to established canes, and will bear the following year. 

 Great care must be taken that these are not broken off in winter 

 when the houses are being cleansed. 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 FRUITING CANES FOR POTS. 



GREAT care must be taken in preparing the compost for finally 

 potting the fruiting canes into. The compost should consist 

 of good, fibry loam. A liberal addition of vine and plant 

 food (coarse grade) ; a little burnt clay and lime rubbish. Pot 

 firmly, place in bottom heat to give them a start. When they 

 have begun to grow, raise the pots out of the bottom heat ; 

 let them stand on the surface of the bed they were plunged 

 into until they require more head room. When watering use 

 tepid water. As soon as the pots are fairly full of roots, supply 

 them with liquid manure I cannot recommend better than 

 what I always use : the fine grade of Kirk's Vine and Plant 

 Food, half-an-ounce to I gallon of tepid water once a week. 

 Syringe over head every afternoon and close the house ear)y. 

 Temperature : day, 80 to 85 ; night, 65 to 70. Pinch all 

 laterals at first leaf. Also pinch the leader when 5 feet in 

 length, and allow it to grow no higher. After fruit is gathered 

 throw out the canes, having a young batch to take their places, 

 struck from eyes. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 EXHIBITING. 



THE man who desires to become a successful vine grower and 

 exhibitor will require to have a knowledge of how a bunch of 

 grapes should be coloured and finished, also the symmetry of 

 bunch and size of berry ; have an expert eye for detecting good 



