BRIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE. IB 



will be lioreafter described,) and brought forward, say 

 a dozen or two at a time, without interfering witli tho 

 other plants, and fruited as soon as in a regular hot- 

 house, and in great abundance and perfection. 



For early forcing, the pot vine is exceedingly conve- 

 nient. The owner of a vinery may desire a few early 

 grapes, but it may be impossible or undesirable to heat 

 the border early in the season, and go into general 

 forcing. In such cases, with the control easily exer- 

 cised over the pot vines, we may start them in the hot- 

 house in the month of March, and after the fruit is set, 

 ripen in the cold vinery, and cut the fruit in June or 

 July. 



There is great economy of space in pot-culture, which 

 commends it especially to persons who have hot-houses 

 of limited extent. Five hundred square feet of glass 

 will ripen about two hundred and fifty pounds of grapes, 

 in a common house, with border culture. In pots, five 

 hundred pounds, at least, may be obtained under the 

 same surface of glass, and the period of ripening may 

 be more easily hastened or retarded ; thus in a single 

 house greatly extending the fruit season. 



Grapes in pots may also be kept for three or four 

 months upon the vines, after they are ripened, by re- 

 moving the pots to a cool, dry, airy room — even in the 

 parlor — thus presenting all the merit of a beautiful 

 house plant, as an object of interest, as well as a deli- 

 cious source of gratification to the palate. West's St. 

 Peter's, Muscat, and several other late grapes, ripened 



