GRAPE GROWING IN GREENHOUSES 115 



Alexandria, Madresfield Court, Cannon Hall Muscat, Muscat Ham- 

 burgh and Mrs. Pince are useless in an unheated house. 



Grapes Spoilt 



Q. Will you tell me how to prevent Lady Downe's Grapes from 

 going bad as per berries enclosed 1 The Vine is very old, and is grown 

 in the same house as Black Hamburgh. I have the roof shaded over 



BUNCH OF GRAPES 

 UNTHINNED. 



BUNCH OF GRAPES 

 THINNED. 



the Lady Downe's, and ventilators open about 6.30 a.m. I have the 

 same trouble more or less every year about stoning time and 

 although I did not thin them so hard I have had to cut away a lot 

 of berries, which has spoilt the look of the bunches. The house is 

 not heated regularly, only on dreary, cold, and wet nights. W. Foster, 

 Acton. 



A. Your Grapes are badly scalded. The variety Lady Downe's is 

 more liable to scalding than any other, since it has such a thin skin. 



