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ture might cause it to adhere. This was found a perfect 

 remedy for the mildew or mould, without any ill effect what- 

 ever being produced on the grapes. The same Application 

 to the leaves of the plant, if not absolutely successful, is a very 

 great check to the prevalence of the insects which infest the 

 foliage ; the sulphur should be shaken over the leaves while 

 they are hi a moist state, and if not fatal to the insects the first 

 time, this ought to be repeated. The effect seems to be to render 

 the leaf less palatable to them,, the expense is trifling, and 

 the labour small in comparison with the value of the fruit. 



The introduction of the use of sulphur may be considered 

 as forming a new era among us in the culture of foreign 

 grapes ; but of all the means that have been tested for the 

 suppression of the mildew, the following has proved the most 

 successful, and in fact renders us completely master of its ef- 

 fects in so much that it can never hereafter be deemed a 

 preventive to successful culture. 



Take a pint and a half of sulphur, and a lump of the best 

 unslaked lime of the size of the fist, put these in a vessel of 

 about seven gallons measurement, let the sulphur be thrown 

 in first, and the lime over it, next pour in a pail of boiling 

 water, stir it well, and let it stand half an hour ; then fill the 

 vessel with cold water, and after stirring well again, allow 

 the whole to settle. After it has become settled, dip out the 

 clear liquid into a barrel, and fill the barrel with cold water, 

 and it is then fit for use. You next proceed with a syringe 

 holding about a pint and a half, and throw the liquid with it 

 on the vines in every direction, so as to completely cover 

 foliage, fruit, and wood ; this should be particularly done 

 when the fruit is just forming, and about one third the size of 

 a pea, and may be continued twice or thrice a week for two 

 or three weeks ; the period for the whole process for one or 

 two hundred grape vines need not exceed half an hour. 



So all powerful is the influence of this application, that 

 even at Newport, R. I. where it is well known the atmosphere 

 is exceedingly moist and often surcharged with fogs, the most 

 eminent success has attended its use ; whereas those who 



