70 BRIGHT ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



syringe freely night and morning, with pure rain water. 

 When the atmosphere of the house rises to 50° or 55°, 

 give four or five inches of top ventilation, in clear days, 

 increasing to one foot as the heat rises to 75° or 80°. 



Apply small quantities of special fertilizers, from 

 time to time, such as your experience suggests, or such 

 as we recommend in our section on this subject. 



The vines will now be coming into flower. Keep the 

 house as warm as you can, with moderate ventilation, 

 and maintain a high degree of humidity in the atmos- 

 phere, by sprinkling the floor and syringing the vines 

 freely night and morning. 



"When the fruit shows, select the bunches nearest the 

 main stem for preservation, stopping each shoot two 

 joints beyond the bunch, and continue to stop in the 

 &ame way, leaving one new leaf each time, which will 

 cause a growth of strong, well developed foliage. 



Thin the fruit on the bunches, immediately after it 

 is set the size of a pin's head, on all free setting kinds, 

 leaving not more than twenty per cent, of the fruit, and 

 cutting out the berries from the inside so as to extend 

 the size of the bunches as much as possible. 



Now top dress pretty freely with special fertilizers, 

 containing super-phosphate of lime and tartrate of pot- 

 ash, or whatever else your views of grape culture may 

 deem most useful to assist in the formation of fruit. 



Keep the border quite moist during the formation of 

 fruit, and air freely during warm days, on the top of the 

 house, with doors and bottom ventilation close. Let 



