188 THE CULTUEE OF THE GRAPE 



M-ell, and have been put up to the trellis, when you can 

 lessen graduallj'- the watering ; let the pans of water, on 

 the furnace and flue, be constantly filled while the grapes 

 are growing ; after they begin to color, lessen the num- 

 ber of pans of water gradually, and the moisture of the 

 house, and ripen off the fruit in a dry atmosphere. 



Vines do not appear to be seriously injured by bleed- 

 ing, however severe this may be. The only effect from 

 it, which I have been able to discover, is a tendency to 

 retard the pushing of the buds, and, on long canes or 

 spurs, the causing of the last eye to be blind. It cannot 

 be of any advantage to the. vine, that is certain, and it 

 should be guarded against by early pruning. 



In the Gardeners' Chronicle for 1846, page 771, there 

 IS an account of vines which had been winter-forced, and 

 which had ripened a crop of fruit ; as it was intended to 

 remove the vines, the causing them to bear a second 

 crop was attempted ; to effect this, the vines were severe- 

 ly pruned the first of May ; they bled excessively ; not- 

 withstanding this, the buds broke well, and ripened the 

 fruit in October. The wood, also, was well ripened, 

 round, and firm, with full eyes, and, so well did it ap- 

 pear, tliat the idea of throwing away the vines was 

 abandoned. They had previously been troublesome from 

 over-luxuriance. 



In ten days more, raise the temperature to 50° or 55° 

 at night, and by day, when cloudy, to 66°, or, when the 

 sun shines, to 75°. This temperature should be gradual- 

 ly raised at night until the grapes are in bloom, when 

 the heat should be as equal as possible, 70° at night, 75'"' 

 or 80° by day, when the sun shines. Do not let the 



