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FRUIT-G ARD E NIN G. 



1785 measured four feet in circumference near the ground; 

 and one branch of the Hampton Court vine measures one hun- 

 dred and fourteen feet in length. Vine timber is of great 

 durability. 



OBSERVATIONS ABOUT VARIETIES. * 



The varieties of the Grape in countries where it is grown for 

 the wine-press, are as numerous as the vineyards ; for as these, 



The Spiral System of Training Vines. 



for the most part, differ in soil, aspect, elevation, or otherwise, 

 and as the vine is greatly the child of local circumstances, its 

 habits soon become adapted to those in which it is placed. 



