Plan for a Vineyard. 1 4*5 



capsule of a bright scarlet colour, the pulp transparent and 

 most delicious, surrounding one seed. 



The four last kinds of fruits were seen in the bazaar, but 

 no description of the plants which produced them could be 

 obtained. 



These notices are sent to the Gardener's Magazine, in the 

 hope that the fruits may be one day imported and cultivated 

 in our stoVes. J. M. 



Chelsea, April, 1827. 



Art. VIII. A Description of a Method of cultivating the 

 Vine, by which it is thought Grapes may be ripened in many 

 Parts of England for the Purpose of malting Wine. By F. 

 N. B. 



In the first place, it may be necessary to state that deficiency 

 of heat is not the only, or perhaps the principal reason, why 

 grapes are not usually brought to perfection in this country in 

 the open air. The place generally selected for a vine is against 

 a wall in a level garden, possessing a considerable depth of 

 soil. The nature of the vine is to strike its roots deep and 

 wide. The situation mentioned affords it an opportunity of 

 doing so ; consequently, even in the driest weather, the ex- 

 tremities of the roots are enabled to send up such a quantity 

 of sap, that the plant continues, until very late in the autumn, 

 to grow with the vigour of spring. The fruit, from this cause, 

 perhaps in a greater degree than from the want of heat, in- 

 stead of ripening, continues in a green or growing state. In 

 France, although the soil in which the grape is cultivated is 

 generally much shallower than in our gardens, and the climate 

 both warmer and drier, still, in certain situations, and in some 

 seasons, to counteract this superabundant supply of sap, the 

 stem of each bunch of grapes is twisted about half round, 

 which is well known to produce, to a considerable extent, the 

 desired effect, and demonstrates the truth of what has been 

 stated. It therefore appears that two things are requisite, in 

 order to ripen grapes in this country : in the first place, increase 

 of heat, and, in the second place, a decrease of sap during the 

 latter part of summer and in the autumn. The following is 

 the plan proposed as being likely to effect both these objects : — 



Commence your operations upon a hill composed of chalk, 

 or of any kind of stone which can be easily worked, having 

 from six inches to a foot of tolerably good soil, and facing 



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