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serve, I allude to such plants as are recommended 

 to be planted in the grape-house in January. As the 

 shoots advance, they should be trained at the distance 

 often or twelveinchesfrom each other; allowingthem 

 sufficient room in the ties, to swell, without being 

 bound. Pinch off all laterals as they appear, except 

 one or two nearest to the point of the shoot, lest by 

 any accident it be broken, and in that case, that a 

 substitute may readily be found $ which, however, is 

 never equal to the main shoot ; so that great care 

 should be taken in the training of principal leaders. 

 One side-shoot of each plant may be stopped when it 

 is five or six feet in length, and the other when nine 

 or ten, (as they are to be cut well down in the win- 

 ter pruning,) which will throw in the more strength 

 to the middle shoots, that are only to be headed 

 down to about six or eight feet, and which, if well 

 ripened, may yield a few fruit next season. These 

 should be encouraged, therefore, and be carefully 

 trained, as long as they will grow. 



Let air be freely admitted in good weather, and 

 less or more every day, in order to strengthen the 

 shoots as they spring ; observing the rules given 

 above for airing the cherry-house ; and admitting 

 it to such an extent, in sunshine, as to keep down the 

 temperature to about 65. As the season, and as 

 the growth of the plants advance, the mercury may 

 be allowed to rise to 70 or 75 ; but it should sel- 

 dom pass the latter point, unless in clear sunshine, 

 and when the weather is naturally as hot. In this case, 



