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fructification in fruit trees, do we find anything like proper at- 

 tention paid to these important principles ? Exceptions there are, 

 we know ; but what is the most general practice ? Shoots are 

 crammed in, as though the quantity and quality of the fruit were 

 to be determined by the number of these alone ; or probably, in 

 the tender stone-fruit trees, the young wood hanging from the 

 wall till nearly August, is thereby deprived of all the advantages 

 arising from the accumulated heat of the wall; and trees of this 

 description I have noticed, which had received all the attention 

 possible in their winter pruning, at a time when light and heat 

 were comparatively of little importance to them, and which were 

 yet left in the summer to the above ill fate. 



It may now be fairly expected, that, after having pointed out 

 the defects in the present practice, I should have something new 

 to offer on the subject ; but you must be aware, that to treat it 

 in all its bearings would occupy more space than you could 

 spare. I will, however, if agreeable, in a future Number, offer 

 my ideas on the management of fruit trees, and will give you the 

 skeleton of a plan I should adopt, were I going to lay out a new 

 kitchen-garden, and allowed to follow my own plans entirely. 



Oulton Park, Cheshire, Jan., 1834. R. Errington. 



We shall be happy to receive the proposed communication. — - 

 Cond. 



Art. VI. Notes on Vines and Vineries. By An Experienced 

 Grape-Grower. 



The border in front of the vinery should be from 30 to 40 ft. 

 in width, and should be formed of loamy soil, sharp sand, and 

 at least a fourth part of well-rotted horse-dung. The vines may 

 be planted on the outside of the front wall, but the stems should 

 be taken through it below the level of the surface, so that they 

 may never appear on the outside. When it is desired to swell 

 the fruit to a large size, the border should be well watered every 

 evening in the swelling season, and covered during the day with 

 litter, to prevent evaporation. The most desirable sorts of plants 

 in a vinery are Money's muscat eshcolata, Tottenham Park 

 muscat, white frontignac, red frontignac, Money's West's 

 St. Peter's, Money's eshcolata superba, black Hamburgh, black 

 Constantia, black prince, and white Hamburgh. This last grape 

 is not so well known as it ought to be. It is by some confounded 

 with the Syrian; but it ripens much earlier, and, when it is 

 grown in heat, it is an excellent grape. Others mistake it for 

 the white Portugal; but the latter grape has a much thicker skin, 

 and its juice is more watery. The white Hamburgh, when it 

 ripens, is somewhat speckled with red. In order to have very 

 late crops of grapes, the house should be kept very dry, by 



