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ought to be wrapped in a damp mat or cloth, the border 

 thoroughly trenched over, and a thin layer of good turfy 

 loam put on the top, when the roots may be again spread 

 over the surface ; all the decayed parts cut away with a 

 sharp knife, and covered by four or five inches of the 

 same kind of earth that was put under them. Care must 

 be taken however before winter sets in, that a good layer 

 of tree leaVes, or weak littery dung be spread over, to keep 

 out the frost. There have been many examples, when 

 this has been skilfully attended to, where a stock of vines 

 have been entirely rejuvenated, that were previously 

 worthless and thought to be worn out, but which have 

 afterwards borne good crops of fine fruit for many years. 

 It is necessary to give a partial shade in the early part of 

 the following summer, or until the leaves get pretty well 

 expanded, and it is better not to let them carry much, if 

 any, fruit during the first year after the operation. Cloudy 

 or damp weather is the best time for removing, and 

 the roots should be as little time as possible out of the 

 ground. 



Rot in the Fruit. This has of late years caused con- 

 siderable loss in the cultivation of vineyards. It generally 

 shows itself at the time when the fruit begins to " stone," 

 after continued wet weather, followed by bright sunshine, 

 when the berries become discolored and fall off. All the 

 symptoms of this disease go to prove that it is the result 

 of the plants imbibing too much moisture at the time when 

 nature could better do with a reduction of it, for the grape- 

 vine at this stage of growth would be considerably bene- 

 fited if no rain were to fall during the after part of the 

 season. Seeing this to be the case, we ought, so far as 

 circumstances will allow, to try and remedy the evil by 

 the choosing of a situation that is open and airy, but not 

 exposed to the violence of storms a free porous subsoil, 



