78 THE GRAPE. 
bring a larger supply into market. However energetic 
our most scientific truit-growers may be, and in this they 
are, to say the least of it, on a par with any other profes- 
sion, yet it cannot be expected, that they will supply an 
article which will not meet with some profit. To this they 
are entitled by the standard of reward which is given to 
other attendants upon refinement, and why should there 
be a lack in this instance, for those who set a dish of lus- 
vious, tempting grapes before their guests at so early a 
period, not only show their own hospitality to the invited, 
but also pay a compliment to scientific horticulture, give 
a stimulus to the exertions of the skilful practitioner, and 
encourage the development of that important contributor 
to the country’s wealth, Pomology. It has become fashion- 
able to display a handsome arrangement of flowers on the 
festive board at a time when every blade of vegetation 
seems withered by the frigid blast ; no expense is here 
spared, and why should it not be as much desired, to have 
an equally rare representation of fruit? Let Pomona and 
Flora meet on equal terms at our entertainments, recognize 
each alike, and we shall prove that we can appreciate all 
parts of the garden which the all wise Designer of the 
universe has committed to our care and keeping, and which 
he has commanded us to improve. 
When very early forcing i is ideale, it ought never to 
be attempted with plants that have not been previously 
subjected more or less to the same process. If the vines 
are young, they may, in the first year of bearing, be for- 
_ warded somewhat, and in the next year they will be in 
a fit state to be worked early. With older plants the case 
is somewhat different, particularly if they be spur-pruned, 
pcuaeetaes oo the continual 
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