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may be stated, that vines under the above-mentioned 

 treatment will be ready for forcing early in Novem- 

 ber, and consequently will ripen their crop by the 

 end of March. The precise mode in which the vines 

 are to be fruited depends on the kind of houses the 

 cultivator has at his command ; a flued pit answers 

 well ; but the best description of house is that 

 which admits the rays of the sun to pass through it 

 in the winter, at as near right angles as can be. 

 Such a house, admitting considerably more light 

 during the winter months, is much more suitable for 

 such a plant as the vine than low flat houses. What- 

 ever the house is, if not perfectly ready for the vines 

 when you wish to begin forcing, get them placed in 

 a dung frame, where you can give them a moist heat 

 of 55 degs.; this will cause their buds to swell regu- 

 larly, and prepare them for their removal to the 

 fruiting-house, when ready, without losing time. 

 Previously to losing their leaves in the autumn, they 

 may be disbudded on Roberts' system, leaving a few 

 more buds than you want bunches ; but one objec- 

 tion to this system is, that if by any accident, 

 through the winter, the bud should get injured, it 

 leaves a blank which, had the next buds remained, 

 might easily have been supplied. The number of 

 bunches that may be left on each vine will depend on 

 the soil, size of the pot, &c. When the vines are 

 strong, and No. 2 pots are used, leave six or seven 



