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comparatively free. For this reason, it is advisable te 
keep the doors and lower ventilators closed, and admit 
air only by the upper openings until the fruit begins to 
lose its acidity, after which there is no danger. 
The antidotes to mildew are a warm and dry atmos. 
phere, and sulphur. Whenever it is detected, do not use 
any water inside the house during cloudy or damp 
weather, and sprinkle sulphur over the floor in the fro- 
portion of one pound to each fifteen square yards. There 
is no occasion to throw it over the plants inside the house, 
but in the vineyards or ont-doors, it will be requisite to 
dust it in an upward direction, so as to adhere to the 
under side of the — and prevent the rains from 
washing it off. The fumes given out by slow combustion 
are the remedy, and care shou'd be taken that it is not 
ited. Mistakes have frequently been made by per- 
ucing burning sulphur into graperies and 
plant-houses, as well as using it under the leaves of trees 
out-doors, the consequence of which is, a total destruction 
of the Bias if not death to the plant. 
OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 
Continue to keep the ground clear from weeds, using 
the hoe freely, but do not injure the roots. Remember 
that every weed draws moisture out of the earth, while 
every stroke of the hoe enables the dews to penctrate. 
Wherever it is possible, a good mulching of barn-yard 
manure, or any kind of vegetable refuse that is free from 
weeds, ought to be spread over the whole surf ‘e, which 
will assist in keeping the soil moist, and promote the 
vigor of the vines. Do not let the growth become 
srowded. Nip out the side laterals on the young canes 
down to the lowest leaf upon each, and the new growth 
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