THE CULTURE OP THE ORAPE. S5 



very well, but in no way better than the plan ailuded to 

 above. , 



On this border and under this glass covering I tried 

 this system of hot manure in 1843. The only advantage 

 I derived from it was the ripening of the frnit a few 

 days earlier than usual. But the steam from the manure, 

 when freshly made up, forced itself through the front of 

 the house, by the sides of the sashes, &c., and destroyed 

 the foliage of the vines, where it came immediately in 

 contact with them. It is true that this would not have 

 happened had the border not been covered. But the 

 cost was more than the value of the crop, and the 

 system has not been tried since for the purpose of 

 forcing. 



In the summer of 1843, I built a grapery. The border 

 was made according to the plan given by me in the first 

 part of this work. It was not begun till August, and 

 the vines were planted the last of that month, and a few 

 of them in September. They were of different ages, 

 some only two and three months from the eye, and others 

 one and two years old ; they all came into fruit at the 

 same time, and I never have been able to notice any dif- 

 fei'ence in their growth, or in their produce, since the 

 first year. As these vines were planted at so late a jie- 

 riod, I was fearful that they might not become sufficiently 

 established in their new situation to survive the winter. 

 To induce a rapid and promote a late growth, this me- 

 thod of heat upon the border was resorted to, and with 

 the desired eff^^ct generally. Owing to the situation of 

 the grapery, which is on a gentle slope, a few of the 

 \'ines at the bottom of this were killed by the too power- 



