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feet. In the fall they were cut back to three eyes ; the second 

 year they made fine canes, reaching the top of the rafter. At 

 the fall pruning they were cut back to about six feet. The third 

 year they bore from eight to ten bunches each of good, well- 

 ripened fruit. Succeeding years, at the fall pruning, they were 

 allowed three or four feet of the new wood until they reached 

 the top of the rafters. Since coming into full bearing, they 

 have yielded more than six hundred pounds yearly of well- 

 ripened fruit." 



They are grown on the " spur system," which Mr. Watt con- 

 siders the best. They give entire satisfaction and show no signs 

 of deterioration. 



This house is built in accordance with the old English system, 

 with heavy sliding sashes, and in the most thorough and costly 

 manner, the. vinery itself costing about $1,000. The yearly 

 expense for labor is about f 25. The continued success of this 

 vinery, no doubt, is owing to the faithfulness of Daniel Murry, 

 who has had charge of its ventilation from the beginning, and 

 for which he is entitled to much credit. 



The grape house of Mr. Barrows has been built six years. It 

 is forty feet long by sixteen wide ; the border nineteen feet wide 

 and three feet deep, of the same materials as the former. It is 

 built without sashes, the glass being set into the rafters. Air is 

 given at the top, the same as raising a skylight, which is consid- 

 ered much better than the sliding sash. It cost, with shed 

 attached, about $600. It has thirteen vines, viz. : Hamburgs, 

 (Black, Victoria, No. 16,) and Wilmot's Black Hamburg and 

 White Frontiguac. The Wilmots are not considered worthy of 

 cultivation when there are so many superior kinds to be had. 

 The yearly cost of keeping this house is about $20. It has 

 proved an entire success. 



Mr. Cleveland's house was started in the spring of 1863. It 

 is on the same plan as that of Mr. Barrows, and cost about 

 $500. Its border, however, is on the inside, to give chance for 

 extra vines on the back wall. It has twenty-two vines, eleven 

 on the rafters and eleven on the back wall. The varieties are 

 Black, Victoria and Golden Hamburgs, Royal Muscadine, White 

 Frontignac and White Toke. The crop this year is most 

 extraordinary. 



