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bottom watering once a week, which will forward 

 the swelling of the fruit. Vines require a great 

 deal of watering ; but when the fruit is fully 

 swelled, you should leave it off; particularly 

 when the nights begin to get cold, as it would 

 hurt the flavour of the fruit. 



We shall say something in this place respecting 

 the preservation of grapes from flies, wasps, and 

 birds ; but for full directions on that head, see 

 the Chapter On Insects, &c. 



As soon as the large fly makes its appearance, 

 you must provide plenty of bottles a little more 

 than half filled with some sweet liquor to entice 

 the flies to enter them, where they will be drowned. 

 You must hang the bottles on the nails at proper 

 distances all over the vines, and also place some 

 of them at the bottom of the walls. The blue 

 fly comes much earlier than the wasp, and you 

 w^ill find it no less destructive to the fruit. It will 

 therefore be necessary to hang up the bottles 

 betimes, in order to destroy as many of them as 

 possible before the wasp makes its appearance, and 

 have the bottles ready for this second enemy. 



When the grapes "begin to ripen, you will be 

 troubled with other enemies ; the birds will now 

 begin to attack the fruit ; it will then be neces- 

 sary to bag some of your fine handsome bunches, 

 but to bag them all would be an endless job, 

 if you have a full crop and a large garden. I 

 have had ^ve men bagging for three weeks, and 



