MANAGEMENT OF VINES, &C. 239 



those which have fruit on them, and also such 

 as may be considered eligible for reserving for 

 bearing the next season, should be trained in 

 regular order, and should be kept clear of all 

 laterals and twigs of a useless nature; and after 

 the bloom is over, and the fruit well set, the 

 shoots on which the fruit appears should be short- 

 ened to about two joints above the fruit ; or where 

 there are two bunches, and the shoot weak, one 

 bud only may be left above the top bunch, this 

 will greatly encourage the swelling of the fruit. 

 * While the berries are small, and the bunches 

 appear likely to become crowded, some of the 

 most irregular berries may be thinned out with 

 a pair of pointed scissors, which will give the 

 others room to swell, and cause the berries to 

 grow regular, and the bunches to become hand- 

 some. 



Vines which are grown in the pinery, or pine 

 hothouse, generally produce ripe fruit in the 

 same order, and in the same seasons as those 

 above stated in the first forcing of the vinery, 

 which is generally about May a few, plentiful in 



