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and the shoots to put forth earlj m the spring, and generally 

 influencing the early ripening of the fruit. This fact, when 

 acted upon, in situations where the climate is sufficiently 

 mild, caai be made of service in lengthening the season for 

 this fruit ; as, by planting vines in wet situations also, you 

 will have a succession of fruit. - 



H. W. S. Cleveland, Esq., of Burlington, N. J., has a 

 vineyard of the Isabella, and is increasing it largely. 



The following is Mr. Cleveland's account of his vineyard, 

 furnished me for publication, at my request : — 



" My vineyard comprises between two and three acres, and 

 is situated on the south side of the Delaware River, one mile 

 above Burlington. The land is level, and is a rich mellow 

 loam. The vines were planted by the former proprietors of 

 the farm, in 1840, and I am told, by a laborer, who assisted 

 in planting them, that there was no other preparation of the 

 soil than deep ploughing. Some of the vines are now ten 

 inches in circumference at the surface of the ground. The 

 rows of vines are eight feet apart, and the vines sixteen feet 

 apart in the rows. They are trained on trellises six feet 

 high, the posts of which are eight feet apart, and the lowest 

 slat of the trellis two feet from the ground, the next four, and 

 the next six. Part of the trellis is made with lath, an inch 

 thick and two inches wide, and part with No. 12 wire. The 

 latter is decidedly best. It costs, in the first place, but 

 half as much as the lath, will, no doubt, last much longer, 

 makes less shade, and saves much labor of tying up the vines, 

 as the tendrils seize upon the wires, and save the necessity of 

 strings. My plan of training is, to lay in a shoot from each 

 vine on each side, to meet the corresponding one from the 

 next vine, on the lower slat, and, as the \ane becomes 

 stronger, two more in the same way, on the next slat. These 

 are never cut out, and the fruiting shoots are grown on this 

 old wood, raising new ones every year, and cutting out those 

 which have borne. I begin pruning as soon as the leaves 

 fall, and work at it in all mild weather, through the winter. 



