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FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



served from the figure, is resting or a slanting board. 

 The board is first covered witli a thin sheet of cotton 

 wadding, and then covered with a sheet of soft wliite 

 paper. Tlie bunch is cut with rather more than an inch 

 of the vine adhering to eacli side of its stem. A piece 

 of narrow tape is fastened to the piece of vine, and passed 



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Fig. 10. 



througli a liole near the top of the back perpendicular 

 board, and securely fastened there. To keep the bunch 

 firmly in its place, a piece of narrow soft tape is worked 

 with great care l3etween the berries near the middle of 

 the bunch with a Ljng needle, and each end of the tape 



