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grapes, in the open air, in Massachusetts, the fruit ripen- 

 ing on but very few vines. On vines exposed to the due 

 south, where the soil was dry, or well drained, the fruit 

 ripened when the vines were judiciously pruned, and 

 curtailed of their over- abundance of fruit ; in wet situa- 

 tions, it failed entirely. 



The effect of a warm, dry soil, is to cause the sap to 

 rise, and the shoots to put forth early in the spring, and 

 generally influencing the early ripening of the fruit. 

 This fact, when acted upon, in situations where the cli- 

 mate is sufiiciently mild, can be made of service in 

 lengthening the season for this fruit; as, by planting 

 vines in wet situations also, you will have a succession of 

 fruit. 



H. W. S. Cleveland, Esq., of Burlington, N. J., has a 

 vineyard of the Isabella, and is increasing it largely. 



The following is Mr. Cleveland's account of his vine- 

 yard, furnished me for publication, at my request : — 



" My vineyard comprises between two and three acres, 

 and is situated on the south side of the Delaware Eiver, 

 one mile above Burlington. The land is level, and is a 

 rich mellow loam. The vines were planted by the 

 former proprietors of the farm, in 1840, and I am told, 

 by a laborer, who assisted in planting them, that there 

 was no other preparation of the soil than deep plough- 

 ing. Some of the vines are now ten inches in circum- 

 ference at the sui-face of the ground. The rows of vines 

 are eight feet apart, and the vines sixteen feet apart in 

 the rows. They are trained on trellises six feet high, the 

 posts of which are eight feet apart, and the lowest slat 

 of the trellis two feet from the ground, the neit four, an i 



