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Abundance of moisture kept up. 



A fine rain to-day. The month has been rather 

 cool; several niglits the past week the earth has 

 frozen slightly. The grapes are now swelling 

 finely. Continue to thin the fruit daily. 



The process of thinuing the berries continued, tak- 

 ing out some almost every day, and always the 

 smallest. 



Abundance of air given in fine weather. 



Next year's bearing wood carefully laid in. 



The month of May has been, as a whole, unfavor- 

 able for the grape. Much rainy and dull weath- 

 er: we have been obliged to light fires every 

 night, and occasionally in the day. The grapes 

 have been often looked over and thinned, yet 

 there is no doubt the scissors have been used loo 

 sparingly. 



All lateral branches cut clean out. 



Bunches supported by tying to the trellis. 



The grapes have now completed their stoning pro- 

 cess, and a kw near the furnace swelling off. 



