OCT.] GRAPES. 423 



THE GRAPE-HOUSE, 



Of the Grape-House, forced this Season. 



ABOUT the middle of the month, (or indeed any 

 time in this month most convenient,) it will be pro- 

 per to prune the plants ; as the leaves will then have 

 fallen, or be falling. This is the most proper period 

 at which to prune vines within doors, and the more 

 especially such as are intended for early forcing ; I 

 mean to say, at the fall of the leaf: later forced 

 houses may not, perhaps, be fit for pruning till No- 

 vember. It is safer, however, to prune early, than 

 too late ; as late pruned vines, particularly if forced 

 soon afterwards, are apt to bleed much when they 

 begin to vegetate. 



The house under consideration is supposed to have 

 been forced, as directed in the preceding months, and 

 to be intended for early forcing next season. Hav- 

 ing been forced from the first of February this year, 

 it may be forced from the first of January next, 

 (if thought proper to begin so early,) without doing 

 much injury to the plants. In order that they may 

 be the better prepared for such forcing, then, it is 



