408 framing the Vine on hanging Trellises,. 



on the roof; neither was the young wood on the lower part of 

 the trellis well ripened, but remained soft and spongy, which 

 had a tendency to diminish the next year's crop and the 

 vigour of the trees. Although more light was admitted to 

 the floor of the house, its distribution was not so equal to the 

 vines; because those kinds producing leaves on long foot- 

 stalks, such as the Black Hamburgh, exclude the light from 

 those on the lower part of the trellis. 



When this kind of training is to be adopted, I would 

 recommend the sorts producing small leaves, such as the 

 Frontignacs, to be preferred ; and where other exotic plants 

 are combined as a secondary object, every alternate rafter 

 only should have a hanging trellis : for, when rafters, as at 

 Kennet, are only 3 ft. 6 in. apart, and the vines exuberant, 

 very little space is left for the admission of the sun's rays. 



Vines trained in this way will be found to derive less 

 benefit from the sun, than such as are trained on a roof ; be- 

 cause, being on both sides of the trellis, those on the east 

 side are only exposed to his rays when his altitude is above 

 the next rafter eastward, and they are shaded when he is 

 meridional with the house, from which time, those on the 

 west side are exposed in their turn : consequently, vines on 

 hanging trellises have just one half less sun than vines trained 

 in the usual way. Hence the fruit is more liable to be injured 

 from damp, in the proportion of two to one, as near as I have 

 been able to learn. Such are the facts in respect of the 

 house in question i whether they apply equally to those of less 

 dimensions, and having roofs forming a very acute angle, I 

 shall be happy to know through the pages of your useful 

 Magazine. 



I may notice the kinds of vines subjected to trial on the 

 hanging trellis : they were Black Hamburgh, Black Fron-* 

 tignac, White Muscadine, Muscat of Alexandria, and Black 

 Gibraltar of Scotland, which is the Esperione of England. Of 

 these, the first two were common to both divisions of the 

 house ; but, on the new trellis, they were greatly deteriorated 

 both in the colour and flavour of the fruit, and which corro- 

 borates the unfavourable opinion I have formed on reflection 

 of what has come under my own observation. 



In many instances where the hanging trellises are used, the 

 vines have been half stripped of their leaves to admit light ; in 

 which case, the trees and their fruit bear a resemblance to 

 gooseberry bushes and gooseberries which have yielded to 

 the ravages of caterpillars ! Every body knows how fruit 

 treated in this wav tastes. 



