WEEKLY CALENDARIAL REGISTER. Ill 



when previously thinned. In consequence of this 

 the bunches require frequent examination, in order 

 that all such berries as thus appear, by their inferior 

 size, to have been deprived of their portion of nour- 

 ishment may, as speedily as possible, be cut out. 

 The oftener this is attended to the more rapidly will 

 the remaining berries increase in size, and the finer 

 will be their flavor when ripe. To lay down any 

 rule, as to the number of berries that should be cut 

 out of any bunch of a given weight, is impracticable. 

 I have many times found, that of bunches of the 

 Black Hamburg grape, with the berries well set, I 

 have, from first to last, cut out four out of every ^/;e; 

 while, on other bunches of the same sort having their 

 berries not so thickly set, the diminution has been 

 about three out of Jive^ and sometimes not more than 

 tu'o out of that number. The best general rule that 

 can be given is, that the berries, during the whole pe- 

 riod of their growth, until after they have made their 

 last swell, must never be sufiered to cluster, or to 

 press the sides of each other. 



19th. Continue to nail the future bearing-shoots 

 firmly, and keep in constant check all tendrils, and 

 lateral and succession shoots, throughout the remain- 

 ing part of the season. The growth of these w^ill 

 now begin to decrease in vigor, in consequence of the 

 fluids in the vessels of the plant being partially di- 

 verted in their course, and attracted to the fruit. 



Keep the border clear of weeds, and its surface 

 loose and open, and sufler nothing to be on it, or near 

 it, that can in the slightest degree intercept the rays 

 of the sun. Solar heat is now the grand desideratum. 



If the atmosphere be dry and arid, or if the weather 

 be windy, evaporation Avill proceed at a prodigious 

 rate, and unless the nights be still and serene, and the 

 dews very copious, the balance betwixt absorption 

 and evaporation will be destroyed. '^I'o supply the 

 waste, therefore, that will be thus occasioned in the 

 juices of the vine during this critical period, let the 

 foliage and fruit be now and then watered after sun- 



