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from a northern to a southern aspect, in the rear of my shop ; 

 it was a single stalk two feet from the ground, then forming 

 two branches, one seven, the other nine feet in length. I put 

 up four pine-joists, 23 feet long, about 18 inches from my build- 

 ing, upon which I nailed strips of board 2| inches wide and IS 

 feet long, two feet apart, across the joists ; then nailed laths to 

 these slats, upright, to which I fastened the vine, from time to 

 time, as it grew. 



The first season, the vine had eight or nine branches, from 

 six to eight feet long, bearing six bunches of grapes that ripened. 

 Late in the fall, I removed the earth from the top of the roots, 

 and covered them with rotten horse-manure and earth, mixed. 

 I also cut off all the branches within about four inches of the 

 stock. In the summer of 1846, this vine threw out many 

 branches, seventeen of which I selected for culture. These 

 grew about 15 feet; and, finding them too near together, I cut 

 off 6 more, leaving 11, which grew about 26 feet. I trimmed 

 off all the little foxes or laterals, and trained the vine upward, 

 securing it upon the laths, in a fan shape. On the 10th of 

 October, I had 60 bunches of grapes ripened. In December, I 

 cut off about six feet of the tops of the vine and fastened them 

 to the top-slats of the frame. Summer of 1847, the vine threw 

 out its branches from every bud, accompanied with fruit, 1st of 

 July. When the grapes were fully set, I cut off every branch 

 one joint above the fruit. The grapes grew rapidly to a full size ; 

 but, the month of September being unusually wet and cold, they 

 did not ripen before the frost came. The vine was loaded with 

 fruit, bearing 1068 bunches of grapes. During the summer 

 months, the vine was watered once a week with soap-suds and 

 saltpetre water, dilution, about 1 lb. to 4 gallons. 



Tomatoes, Quince, and Plum Trees. On the 26th of Feb- 

 ruary last, I planted, in a flower-pot in my shop, a few seeds of 

 the pear-tomato. In May, I transplanted five of the plants in 

 my garden, four of which I set out in a square of about ten feet, 

 and, in the centre, another plant. To try the experiment, I in- 

 serted four bean-poles in the ground, about eighteen inches from 

 the plant, spreading the tops outward, about eight feet square, 

 and, after bracing them properly, nailed laths from the bottom 

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