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will be greatly deteriorated in flavor from the eflects 

 of the wet. 



In gatliering the fruit as it becomes ripe, it will be 

 best to choose first such bunches as hang within two 

 feet of the ground, the berries on these being apt to 

 rot, in consequence of the damp exhalations that now 

 begin to rise from it; and next, all such as are on the 

 upper part of the wall above six feet from the ground, 

 (if the wall reach that height,) these being exposed to 

 the injurious effects of the wind; thus leaving to be 

 gathered last, those bunches that hang from two to 

 six feet from the bottom of the wall. If the wall 

 have a projecting coping, the fruit on it will keep 

 much longer than on a wall that is destitute of such a 

 protection. 



28th. The leaves will now begin to fall pretty fast, 

 and where a good collection of vines are planted, the 

 great variety of tints and shades of color of the leaves, 

 in their different stages of decay, will present a pleas- 

 ing object to the eye, and offer to the mind an inter- 

 esting subject of contemplation. The fine dark pur- 

 ple red of the claret grape leaves, contrast charming- 

 ly with the bright yellow shades of the white sweet- 

 water, and the rich vermillion tints of the black mus- 

 cadine. 



November 4th. As long as any bunches of fruit re- 

 main, they must be examined every three or four 

 days, and ail decayed berries carefully cut out. 



The wasps and flies that now remain will be too 

 weak to injure the fruit. If covering the vine, there- 

 fore, or bagging the bunches, have been^resorted to, 

 to protect the fruit, it should now be discontinued, 

 and netting substituted in its stead. Nets offer but 

 little obstruction to the free circulation of the air, the 

 benefit of which will now be more than ever neces- 

 sary to keep the fruit dry. In putting the netting on, 

 great care must be taken that the extremities of it 

 are in close contact with the wall, and the body of it 

 a suflicient distance from its surface, that the birds 

 may be prevented from getting inside, or picking the 



