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produce from eighty to a hundred full-sized bunches of 

 grapes each, which, if matured, would have weighed, at 

 least, sixty pounds ; while their individual strength was 

 not equal to the ripening of more than a fourth part of 

 that quantity. In such cases, three bunches out of ev- 

 ery four have been cut off. In reducing the number 

 of bunches, get rid of the smallest, and the ragged and 

 uneven ones, if any, and also all such as hang too far 

 distant from the wall, to have the full benefit of the 

 warmth and reflection of it ; and select, to remain, 

 those which are largest in size and berry, taking care 

 that they be distributed over the vine as equally as 

 possible. 



Many sorts of grapes frequently produce on the 

 footstalks of the bunches of fruit, a small supplementary 

 bunch, consisting of a few grapes at the end of a long 

 slender stalk, constituting a sort of bastard "shoulder." 

 When such an appendage to a bunch is protruded, it 

 should be cut off, as the berries on it seldom come to 

 perfection, while they unprofitably consume a por- 

 tion of the nourishment destined for the bunch it- 

 self. 



July 22nd. Now that the bunches have been re- 

 duced to their proper number, examine the vine, and 

 see if there be any vacancies in the foliage, through 

 which any of the bunches are exposed to the direct 

 rays of the sun ; and if so, unnaii the adjacent shoots, 

 and re-nail them in such positions as will effectually 

 shade the fruit. If, however, this cannot conveniently 

 be done, put a long narrow shred round the footstalks 

 of such bunches as are thus exposed, and drawing 

 them gently aside, nail them in a position in which 

 the adjacent leaves will shade them. In doing this, 

 take care not to twist or injure the footstalks, nor draw 

 them too far out of their natural direction, which would 

 derange their functions ; as, through these very slen- 



