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through apertures in the front ; of course the vines were in 

 full foliage, but the leaves did not appear to be the least af- 

 fected by their removal. They were permitted to grow to 

 about twenty feet, and in February, 1826, were pruned to 

 about eight feet. In the spring they broke strong, but, with 

 very few exceptions, I only permitted one bunch to remain on 

 a shoot ; some of these weighed 2 lbs. each, and they were 

 ripe by the end of August; but I was desirous to see how 

 long I could keep them free from decay, and in a state fit for 

 the table. I will not trouble you with my other experiments, 

 but that which succeeded best was tying the bunch in a paper 

 bag, and leaving it on the vine, by which means I cut a bunch 

 the first of March last, in a perfectly good and highly flavoured 

 state. I send you this communication as an encouragement 

 to other young grape-growers, and to convince them how 

 easily, and at how little expense, they may acquire the luxury 

 of, I think, the very best and most delicious of our fruits for 

 the unprecedented period of six months in the year. I ought 

 to have stated that mine is literally a green-house, having no 

 flue ; using neither tan or dung, but depending entirely on solar 

 heat, and a pretty good vine border. 



Brighton, April 22. 1 827. ■ i ■ J. M. 



Art. V. On fixing Wire against Garden Walls for training 

 Fruit Trees. By Mr. Thomas Ingram, Gardener to Her 

 Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, at Frogmore. 



Dear Sir, 



May I be permitted to offer a few remarks on the protec- 

 tion of walls from the ill effects of using nails in training trees. 

 Every season thousands of holes, or, as they may be termed, 

 receptacles for insects, are made by that practice ; and the 

 walls in the course of time, become next to useless, as is the 

 case in many old gardens. 



These evils may in a great measure be obviated, by fixing 

 wires to the walls, at six inches apart, placed horizontally, 

 leaving about half an inch between the wire and wall, for the 



a 10 a 



convenience of tying the shoots ; a little matting is all that is 

 requisite for that purpose. Small iron pins, two inches long, 

 {fig. 10. a a) are driven into the wall, at three feet apart, and 



