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‘in our hot climate is often highly injurious to-the plant and 
destructive to the fruit. Ifthe heading-in of the leading 
shoots be done early in the season, the fruit buds of the 
following year are thrown out. Asan experiment, I one year, 
by successive heading, had the fruit of four successive years 
on the plant at the same time, and the fall being favorable, 
the second crop ripened its fruit. Where the fruit branches 
are frequently topped, and the wood becomes ripe, the sap 
ceases to flow and the fruit cannot ripen. This is the case 
at the vineyard of Mr. Duhme. In our hot climate no 
more lateral branches should be taken from the main shoots 
intended for next year’s fruit than to give them the neces- 
sary length. The fruit branches should be topped when in 
blossom beyond the second eye from the last blossom, and 
after that allowed to grow without topping. In our cli- 
mate, to ripen the fruit a portion of shade is necessary, for 
where there is growing young wood there is of course a full 
flow of sap to the fruit, without which it shrivels and 
drops off. 
“This day I visited a German settlement on the Ohio, 
commencing about twelve miles above the city and extend- 
ing about four miles. The hill commences close to the 
river and rises gradually; the usual bottom land being on 
the opposite side of the river. The soil is porous, and well 
calculated, in my opinion, for the cultivation of the grape, 
and nearly the whole of the four miles is occupied by vine- 
yards, and there are also some on the top of the hill, Two 
of the vineyards belong to Englishmen; the owners of all 
the others are Germans. 
“ Mosts of the vineyards in this vicinity (Cincinnati) have 
suffered severely from the rot, and some vine-dressers, ex- 
pecting in the early part of the season to make from 2000 
to 4000 gallons of wine, will not make 100. Yet their 
