70 Cultivation of Grapes and late Peaches. 



Art. XTX. On cultivating the Pine-apple out of Pots. By Mr. 

 William Bowers, Gardener to Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Heskfield 

 Place, Hartford Bridge, Hampshire. 



Sir, 



I BEG to say that I have treated my fruiting pines, these 

 last three years, in nearly the manner described by Mr. 

 Mitchinson, Vol. VIII. p. 576. ; only that, instead of turning 

 the plants out into mould, I turn them out, and bury the 

 plants six inches deep in half-decayed leaves : the plant roots 

 well into the leaves, and the suckers also make sufficient roots 

 before taken off. I find by this treatment that I get my fruit 

 and suckers both much finer than when I fruited them in 

 pots ; and there is much less expense and trouble during the 

 fruiting season, as I never give any heat into the pit after the 

 plants are turned out. The plants never require any water, 

 except syringing over them in a high temperature. The gar- 

 deners who have seen this treatment approve it very much ; 

 and I make no doubt of its becoming generally practised, 

 particularly when pines are grown on a small scale. My 

 succession plants I treat in exactly the manner described by 

 Mr. Mitchinson. I am. Sir, yours, &c. 



Hartford Bridge^ Oct. 1832. W^m. Bowers. 



Art. XX. A Mode of cultivating Grapes and late Peaches. By 

 Mr. J. Haythorn, late Gardener to Lord Middleton, Middle- 

 ton Hall, near Nottingham. 



Sir, 



A SUCCESSION of grapes all the year round is, I think, best 

 obtained by having a circular house of from 20 to 26 yards 

 in circumference. For a small family, 26 vines would be 

 sufficient. Two fresh vines should be introduced into the 

 house every month : these should be taken down as soon as 

 the fruit is cut ; which would thus give room for others to 

 ' spread as soon as they showed fruit. I suppose each vine to 

 produce from 30 to 40 branches, without over-bearing. 



For a late crop of peaches, the back part of the house 

 should be supported by pillars placed under each rafter, the 

 interstices to be filled up with wood panels. The trees must 

 be of late-bearing sorts, and trained on a trellis at the back 

 of the house. When the crop is gathered, and the wood is 

 ripe, remove the panels from the north side of the trees to 

 the south, exposing the trees to the north ; the panels must 



