112 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B. I. 



morning, if the temperature of the hpufe 

 fhould require the making of fires, or if 

 there is a fufficient heat in the flues to 

 produce fteam, even in a middling degree. 



SECTION IX. 



On the For?natzon 9 Thinning, and Maturation of the Clit' 

 Jiers. 



TN the vafl variety of Grapes, it happens, 

 * that not only the berries, but the feun- 

 ches ? afiume different forms : and al- 

 though many kinds, from their nature, re- 

 quire little or no trouble, except thinning, 

 in the formation of handfome clufters 3 

 yet, there are fome which, from the loofe- 

 nefs of their compolition, require to have 

 their ihoulders fupported from the body of 

 the bunch, not only in order to promote the 

 regular fwelling, but to prevent the rotting 

 of the berries, which otherwife frequently 

 happens, if damp weather in the time of 

 ripening. 



Amongft thefe may be reckoned the Syri- 

 an, Tokay, Raifin, Lornbardy, Royal Muf- 

 cadine, St Peter's, and the Hamburgh ; 



which, 



