of the Grape vine in Graperies. 209 



13//i. — Exhibited black Hamburg grapes at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticiihural Society's room. 



15//i. — A {e\\ bunches of the Muscat of Alexandria are now 

 ripe; the flavor exceedingly fine. 



2O//1. — Continued to cut Zinfindal grapes. 



22(/. — The ripening of all the grapes being now completed, 

 we have not deemed it necessary to continue the diary. In 

 the vinery we shall cut about two hundred and thirty pounds of 

 grapes from nine vines, [being about twenty-five pounds to 

 each.] The Hamburgs average nearly one pound and a 

 quarter to the bunch throughout. 



In the cold house, separated from the vinery by the partition, 

 a little mildew was perceived. By dusting sulphur on the 

 infected bushes, the mischief is instantly checked. Most of 

 the cultivators with whom we have conversed complain 

 grievously of mildew this season, and some have lost part of 

 their crops by inattention on its first appearance. 



Aug. lOtk. — Again exhibited some of the Hamburg grapes 

 at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's room. One fine 

 bunch weighed two and a half pounds, and a beautiful clus- 

 ter of Muscat of Alexandria one pound. Some of the ber- 

 ries of the former measured three inches in circumference, 

 and the latter three and a quarter by three and three quarter 

 inches. 



Another season we intend to use a larger quantity of soap 

 suds on the grape border. Have not paid sufficient attention 

 to the watering of the border, and the inside, especially, 

 must have sufl^ered. Another fault to be removed next year 

 is, to tie up all the projecting grapilons as well as the shoul- 

 ders, which would allow the grapes to swell without crowding. 



The grapes in the cold house are swelling finely. The 

 bunches were thinned much more severely than in the vinery, 

 but, notwithstanding this, they are all filled up, and many are 

 too crowded. The berries are also larger than the grapes in 

 the vinery, though none of the clusters have attained the 

 same size. 



Much has been written upon the subject of the shrivelling 



or shrinking of grapes: none of the clusters in the vinery 



were affected; but in the cold house, some shrivelling was 



perceived on a (ew bunches. We are inclined to believe that 



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