HAIL, WINDS, FIRE-BLIGHT. 



should be as far as possible avoided. Winds nevertheless in 

 the spring of the year are useful, and diminish the action of 

 frosts, as is continually exemplified in the vineyards on hills, 

 when compared with those in vallies. 



There are two attacks the vine sometimes receives in French 

 vineyards, which are termed bridure. loathe first the leaves 

 redden suddenly, and fall off in a couple of days, this ope- 

 rates against the growth of the fruit, which becomes shrivelled 

 and falls off; it is in the summer season after a fog, and dur- 

 ing southerly winds, that this most frequently happens. In the 

 second there are only some spots, different in size and more or 

 less numerous, formed on the leaves, which injures them, but 

 the evil is seldom of importance, except the fruit is attacked in 

 the same manner, when the injury sustained is very serious. 

 The means pointed out to prevent these effects, such as smoke, 

 &c. are not always practicable on a large scale on account 

 of the expense. In some vine districts, they guard against 

 them to a certain degree, by planting the Vines in rows run- 

 ning from the rising to the setting sun. It is well known that 

 the rising sun, when shining on these ranges, only strikes di- 

 rectly on those which commence them, and that the dew has 

 time to evaporate before the sun gets far enough to the south, 

 or is sufficiently high for its rays to affect the residue. Parti- 

 cular consideration in respect to this mode of planting the 

 vines is highly recommended. 



There are many attacks of different characters to which the 

 vine is also subject in common with other trees, &c. but which 

 it does not seem requisite to discuss here at length, and our 

 intelligent countrymen will know how to make use of the pro- 

 per discretion in order to remedy them. Some of the most 

 important, however, will be noticed in the sequel of the 

 work. 



