preserve the temperature of the house above the 

 freezing point. Thus but a trifling expense is incur- 

 red beyond the bare attention necessary to ensure 

 success ; and the fruit so produced may, with care, 

 be kept in perfection until February. It is fruit, too, 

 of which every gardener might be proud. When the 

 grapes are ripe air is admitted to the houses every 

 morning between eight and nine o'clock : in iine 

 weather, both in front and at the top ; in rainy days, 

 by means of the front sashes only. When a frost 

 occurs of sufficient intensity to render the fire-heat 

 necessary, just so much is applied as will keep the 

 temperature of the house at 35 degs. (Gard. Chron. 

 1842, 603-739.) 



Having been eye-witnesses of the great success of 

 Mr. Crawshay's mode of vine-culture, which is of a 

 very superior character, we may add our testimony to 

 its complete success. One of the most striking fea- 

 tures connected with Mr. Crawshay's system is the 

 preference he gives to moderate-sized bunches over 

 those of an overgrown character. This seems to be 

 founded on the fact that small bunches, well thinned, 

 will keep longer than very large ones. It must not, 

 however, be inferred from this, that Mr. C.'s vines 

 are not allowed to carry a good crop, for the reverse 

 is the truth. At the time we saw them (1844), they 

 were thoroughly cropped, from the bottom of the 

 rafters to the top, scarcely a blank spot being to be 



