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next beginning to color. Water overhead ought to be 
discontinued in the latter, and entirely withheld in the 
former. Keep the house well aired, by opening both 
the top and front ventilators. Let the airing be more or 
less abundant, according to the weather, ventilating 
freely when clear and warm, and closing the house when 
stormy and cool. As much as possible maintaiz a free 
circulation ; for, if the grapes become covered with con- 
densed moisture the flavor is very much PEER 
besides being liable to rot. If wasps or flies become 
troublesome, hang up vials partially filled with molasses 
and honey mixed together, or some sugar dissolved in 
water, with the addition of a small portion of rum, 
Either of these mixtures will entice them to enter the 
vessel, and both will destroy; the first by its adhesive 
consistency, and the second by its stupifying effects, 
causing the insects to fall into it, where they are’ 
drowned. 
RETARDING HOUSE. 
This house may now be closed in the evening, and 
kept cool during the day, which may be sticotepieliesd 
by lowering the Fi ventilators far down. Do not open 
ithe at all when cloudy, and no further 
at. any time than is eee necessary to reduce the heat 
to 75 deg. at noor. When the weather is settled and 
ry, asional syringing in the evening may be ap- 
plied, bat this must be done with caution, on account of 
the liability to mildew; for this crop is more commonly 
attacked than any other. This affection does not oftem — 
appear until next month, and will be fuily discussed at 
