MY VINEYARD. 91 



The soil should be plowed and subsoiled to the depth 

 of at least sixteen inches, and afterwards thoroughly cul- 

 tivated or dragged, or both, until well pulverized. Care 

 must be taken not to work clayey soil when at all wet. 



BORDERS. 



More care should be taken in the preparation of a bor- 

 der for grapes in the garden, than for ordinary vineyards. 

 The same attention should be given to drainage, but the 

 soil should be worked to a depth of two and a half feet. 

 Old and well rotted manure may be supplied quite liber- 

 ally, as the grapes are supposed to be for table use, rather 

 than for wine. The border should be in a warm, sunny 

 locality, well protected from winds. . If the grapes can be 

 planted along the south side of a wall, but at least a foot 

 from it, so as to receive the influence of the radiated heat, 

 they will thrive finely. 



