WEEKLY CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



JANUARY. 



1st Week — Grapes that still remain hanging on the 

 vines must be kept perfectly dry and well aired. These 

 are better off the vine if there is sufficient room to put 

 them in bottles, as recommended in another part of this 

 book. They ought to hang in a dark room where the 

 temperature is about 45° to 50°. Look frequently over 

 the bunches to remove decayed berries. 



Considerable care is necessary in maintaining a genial 

 atmosphere for vines now breaking. The principal evils 

 to guard against at this season of the year are too 

 much moisture and the want of proper ventilation; 

 as it is impossible for the vine, or indeed any other 

 hard -wooded plant, to form a healthy leaf in an 

 atmosphere saturated with an excess of moisture, and 

 deprived of a free circulation of air. It should there- 

 fore be the object of the gardener and amateur, at this 



season of the year, to keep a moderately moist atmo- 



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