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six feet. The third year they bore from eight to ten bunches 

 each, of good, well ripened fruit. Succeeding years, at the 

 fall pruning, they were allowed three or four feet of the new 

 wood until they reached the top of the rafters. Since coming 

 into full bearing, they have yielded more than six hundred 

 pounds yearly of well ripened fruit." 



They are grown on the " spur system," which Mr. Watt 

 considers the best. They give entire satisfaction, and show no 

 signs of deterioration. 



This house is built in accordance with the old English 

 system, with heavy sliding sashes, and in the most thorough 

 and costly manner, the vinery itself costing about $1,000. 

 The yearly expense for labor is about 125. The continued 

 success of this vinery, no doubt, is owing to the faithfulness 

 of Daniel Murry, who has had charge of its ventilation from 

 the beginning, and for which he is entitled to much credit. 



The grape house of Mr. Barrows has been built six years. 

 It is forty feet long by sixteen wide ; the border, nineteen feet 

 wide and three feet deep, of the same materials as the former. 

 It is built without sashes, the glass being set into the rafters. 

 Air is given at the top, the same as raising a skylight, which is 

 considered much better than the sliding sash. It cost, with 

 shed attached, about 1600. It has thirteen vines, viz. : Ham- 

 burghs, (Black, Victoria, No. 16,) and Wilmot's Black Hamburgh 

 and White Frontignac. The Wilmots are not considered worthy 

 of cultivation when there are so many superior kinds to be 

 had. The yearly cost of keeping this house is about $20. It 

 has proved an entire success. 



Mr. Cleveland's house was started in the spring of 1863. 

 It is on the same plan as that of Mr. Barrows, and cost about 

 $500. Its border, however, is on the inside, to give chance 

 for extra vines on the back wall. It has twenty-two vines ; 

 eleven on the rafters and eleven on the back wall. The 

 varieties are Black, Victoria and Golden Hamburghs, Royal 

 Muscadine, White Frontignac, and White Toke. The crop 

 this year is most extraordinary. 



Mr. Watt would not recommend an inside border for a cold 

 grapery under any consideration. It is a great extra cost to 

 keep it watered, and requires much additional care with no 

 corresponding advantage in its results. 



Your Committee regret that they have no house to present 

 constructed on a cheaper scale, as they are of the opinion that 

 houses may be built at a cost of about ten dollars per foot that 

 would answer the purpose, and thus bring this great luxury 

 within the means of the million ; as they believe there is no 

 plant that will give as good returns as the vine under good 



