sweeping boilers and flues, so that the houses will be in 

 a sweet and wholesome state, perfectly free from insects, 

 and ready for forcing when required. 



2d Week. — If grapes are required to be ripe by the 

 middle of March ensuing, the pot vines must be at once 

 placed in the forcing pit and tied to the wires in a 

 horizontal position, so that they will break evenly. 

 Plunge in a nice, genial bottom heat. Take every ad- 

 vantage of the sun ; we get precious little of it in Lan- 

 cashire. See article on vines in pots. 



3d and ith Weeks. — Where grapes are now thoroughly 

 ripe in late vineries, they will require a little fire heat 

 daily, to keep the houses dry, and prevent the berries 

 from becoming mouldy. Where, however, they are 

 fully ripe, no more fire heat should be employed than 

 is sufficient to effect that end, as the berries will re- 

 main longer without shrivelling in a moderately cool 

 and dry atmosphere than in one overheated. 



NOVEMBER. 



Id Week — All the vineries from which the fruit is 

 cut will by this time be converted into greenhouses, 

 unless there is sufficient accommodation- otherwise, in 



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