THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 133 



" lu !NortlialIerton, in Yorkshire, there is a vine now 

 (1789) growing, that once covered a space containing one 

 hundred and thirty-seven square yards ; and it is judged 

 that, had it been permitted, when in its greatest vigor, 

 to extend itself, it might have covered three or four times 

 that area. The circumference of the trunk, or stem, a 

 little above the surface of the ground, is three feet eleven 

 inches. It is supposed to have been planted one hun- 

 dred and fifty years, but, from age and injudicious ma- 

 nagement, it is now, and has long been in a very declin- 

 ing state." — Sjpeeclily. 



'' In the town of Bridgenorth, Shropshire, there is a 

 vine, which has been planted about sixteen years, which 

 covers a wall twenty yards wide and sixteen yards high, 

 and had on it, in ]S"ovember, 1847, from two to three 

 hundred and fifty pounds of unripe grapes." — Oard. 

 Chronicle^ 1847, p. 734. 



The vine at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park, is sup- 

 posed to be the largest cultivated vine in the world. " In 

 1843, it bore a crop of two thousand three hundred and 

 fifty bunches, averaging one pound each ; the vine, at 

 that time, was one hundred and thirty-eight feet long 

 and sixteen feet wide, and covered two thousand two 

 hundred and eight superficial feet of wall. It was then 

 forty years old." This account of the Cumberland Lodge 

 vine I found in some Englisli publication, some years 

 since, but did not minute where, as the memorandum 

 was made for my use, without reference to publication. 



Chaptal says : " I have found, in the notes I have re- 

 ceived upon the age and size of the plant, that the frost 

 which injured the vines in the department of Dunbs, in 



