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vented, will do great damage to the fruit, especially in 

 showery weather. 



As the grapes are now rapidly approaching to ma- 

 turity, they will present a sight of the most gratifying 

 description. The beautiful symmetry of the berries, 

 the elegant form of the clusters, and the graceful man- 

 ner in which they are suspended from the branches, 

 are in strict unison with the delicious flavour of the 

 fruit, and challenge, alike, our grateful admiration. 



Sept. 30&. Examine the bunches frequently, for the 

 purpose of cutting out injured and decayed berries, 

 which, if suffered to remain, will quickly affect all the 

 adjoining ones. 



The fruit will now, most probably, be attacked by 

 birds and insects ; if so, means must be used to protect 

 it. If a few wide-mouthed bottles containing sugared 

 beer, be hung up in different parts of the vine, great 

 numbers of wasps and flies will be enticed into them 

 and destroyed. But if these insects be very numer- 

 ous, this will only prove a partial protection. The 

 bunches must be bagged, or the entire vine covered 

 with bunting, or some other fabric of a similar des- 

 cription, and this will, at the same time, protect the 

 fruit from the attacks of the birds. 



If the former mode be resorted to, the best sort of 

 bags that can be used for that purpose, are those made 

 of hair cloth. The texture of these being open, and 

 their fabric stiff, the sides of them stand out at a dis- 

 tance from the berries, and thus a free circulation of 

 air is permitted round the surface of the latter, which 

 has the effect of keeping them dry and in good pre- 

 servation. If hair cloth bags, however, cannot be pro- 

 cured, crape bags may be used instead ; but it must 

 be observed, that, whatever sort may be used, they 

 must be taken off every four or five days, in order to 

 examine the bunches, and to cut out decayed berries, 



