Culture 0f % irap. 



SITUATION OF THE GRAPEET. 



First in order, and of the utmost importance, is the 

 situation of the house. It must be so located, that stag- 

 nant water will not remain on the bofder, or within reach 

 of the roots of the vine. 



If you cy.nnot avoid building the house where water is 

 found to stand two or three feet under the surface, then 

 the soil should be thrown out the whole length and 

 breadth of the border, eighteen inches deep, and the bot- 

 tom paved with stone or brict, so as etfectually to prevent 

 the roots penetrating through it to the water. Make the 

 border on this, as directed hereafter ; this will raise the 

 top of the soil eighteen inches above the level of the ad- 

 joining surface. 



