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feet wide, and a force pump, liose, and tank for tempered 

 water. The house rests upon strong cedar posts, and tho 

 borders are 20 feet wide each, outside; the inside like- 

 wise is prepared in the same manner, which gives an ex- 

 tent of 60 feet extreme breadth. For proportions and 



Fig. 3. 



Inside View of the Cold Grapery of J. C. Green, Esq , Staten Island. 



style, this house is considered, by most persons who have 

 seen it, to be satisfactory in every respect. The vines 

 were planted in March, 1850, and there has been the fol- 

 lowing number of bunches, of good quality, cut in the 

 respective years mentioned below : 



1851, ... 262 bunches 



1852, . 618 



1853, . . . 918 



1854, . . 1147 



Making a total of I 2945 " 



