GRAPE 



of 2 feet between, ami opposite each space a Tine 

 lb to be pUnted inside the hoube, as heieaftei de 

 scribed Struui? c.ipstones, thick enough to come sh^'hth 

 above the suitace of the bordei and about 18 im.liis 

 wide, are theu laid tioiu piei to piei On such a found i 



of 



, one part old plabter or mortar, and 



o b. 



sted ■ 



. 11 Mil li nil I should 



laitttd to cxtiml UiLi i t ^ lu j a i \eij com- 



aube of trouble, and uothiuK whateM-i bhould be 



on It although the temptation to trj a few melons 



often too j,reat to be v\ ercome and 



or three ^eirs 

 of from 2 to 4 

 feet until i 

 ■width of 20 teet 

 jred The 



border can hard- . 



ly be made too • Lean-to erapery glazed with sash, 



rich, provided the material is well decomposed. A 

 mixture of six parts good loamy turf from an old 

 pasture or piece of new ground, and one part of well 



peihipb not until Septenitiir 1 d< pendin). 

 the ^ Igor of the ^ me and the bordei Once there the 

 end IS pinched and the tine continues to stien,^hen and 

 increase m size and store up material m the lateral 

 buds until the end ot the season when it is taken down 

 and pruned to one third its length laid on the ground 

 and covered from the sun for the winter Care should 

 be taken that mice do not eat out the buds, as once out 

 they can never be restored. In the spring of the second 

 year, or as soon as it is desired to start the vines, they 

 are tied up again, and the terminal shoot again trained 

 to the top of the house, where it is stopped as before. 



