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quisite disbudding and training and other houses brought 

 forward. The outside borders may require adding to ; if 

 so, especial care must be taken to attend to this. If 

 there is no other means of warming the vine border, 

 use fresh stable manure, which will cause a moderate 

 warmth. Cover this over with wood shutters to throw 

 off snow, rain, and frost. First, second, and third 

 houses will require warmth in this or some other way. 

 See instructions in another part of this treatise. 



2d Week — During the cold winds of this month, 

 some difficulty will be experienced in managing the 

 admission of air, as its direct action on the leaves of 

 the vine is very injurious. Notice article on the shank- 

 ing and colouring of grapes. Keep up, in all cases, a 

 moderate amount of moisture, except when the plants are 

 in bloom j damp slightly if the day is hot, and the atmo- 

 sphere appears very dry. Attend to disbudding, stopping 

 and tying in the shoots of the vines now breaking. 



3d and 4th Weeks. — During bright weather, some of 

 the tenderest of the vines in the early vinery may get 

 scorched. In this case, keep the foliage as hardy as 

 possible by proper attention to ventilation. The same 

 conditions are very likely to bring out red spider, par- 

 ticularly in the earliest vinery, where forcing has been 



carried on for some time. The best way to keep this 



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