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ON VINERIES. 



opinion that vines for fruiting in pots can be bought 

 cheaper than they can be grown by gentlemen's gardeners 

 and amateurs, because it is seldom sufficient room can 

 be spared for their development. 



I think it a pity to commence forcing well-established 

 vines before the beginning of January. The latest succes- 

 sion of grapes, in gardens where there is no stint of glass, 

 may be produced from vines in pots \ and by so doing, 

 growers will be able to do full justice to their permanent 

 vines. Every practical gardener knows how detrimental 

 it is to leave grapes on permanent vines after the month 

 of December. The French generally cut all their late 

 grapes in the month of November. I paid a visit to the 

 late Baron James de Rothschild, at Ferriere, and at the 

 Bois de Boulogne, near Paris, a few years ago, in the 

 month of January, and found that all the grapes had 

 been cut in November, each bunch with a few inches of 

 wood to it, which were placed in bottles containing water 

 and two or three lumps of charcoal (to keep the water 

 sweet), and covered with some kind of luting to keep 

 out the air. I have used Portland cement with suc- 

 cess. 



Those who prefer growing the vines themselves may 



strike the vine eyes in any forcing pit where a temperature 



of 70° to 80° top and bottom heat can be obtained, of 



course varying it and giving air according to the weather. 



Well-ripened eyes should be selected, and, cutting slant- 



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