ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
of potash, applied at the rate of 1 oz. to a square yard as recommended 
for (a). (d) Peaty soils: 11b. nitrate of soda, 31b. basic slag, 21b. 
sulphate of potash; apply loz. to a square yard once a fortnight. 
Potash & soda to be crushed fine; mixture to be well washed in by 
a copious watering (Dyke). Top-dressing: Apply 2in. of horse or cow 
manure to surface of border when vines commence to grow. Also 
compost of two parts loam, one part of equal proportions of wood 
ashes & bone shavings or ground bones applied in autumn, frst re- 
moving loose inert soil from surface. Cropping: Average weight of 
fruit per foot run of rod,11b. Average weight of a fair-sized bunch, 
}lb. Average number of bunches bone by a rod 12 ft. long, about 12. 
Allow one bunch only to each spur, for heavy crop; one to every 
alternate spur for moderate crop. Thin berries when size of radish 
seeds, and again later on, finally allowing a space of lin. between. 
berries to enable them to fully develop. Avoid touching berries with 
hand or head. Temp. for grapes when ripe: 40° to 45°. 
Por Cunture: Two-year-old plants established in 10 or 12in. 
pots best adapted for fruit in pots. No repotting required. Place 
in temp., 60°, Nov. to Feb. Give little water till buds break, then 
apply freely. Increase temp. to 65° after buds break, & to 75° when 
in flower; lower to 68° afterwards until stoning is completed, when 
again raise to 70°. Allow above temp. to be increased 5° to 10° by 
sun-heat. Syringe daily until vines flower. Thin berries when size of 
radish seeds. Apply one of above liquid stimulants three times 
weekly after berries form & until they are ripe. Top-dress with Stan- 
den’s manure at the rate of a tablespoonful to each pot; or with 
two parts loam & one part Thomson’s vine manure when berries form. 
Allow each vine to carry 6 to 8 bunches—8 to 101b. altogether. 
Ourpoor CuLtrurEe: Soil, two parts sandy loam, one part of 
equal proportions of wood ashes, old mortar, half-inch bones, & rotten 
manure. Position, against a south sunny wall. Plant, 2ft. apart, 
Nov. or March. Prune, Jan, or Feb., precisely as advised for indoor: 
culture. Disbud also in a similar manner. Manures advised for in- 
door vines equally applicable for outdoor ones. 
Usrrut Dara: Supposed date of introduction to England, 280 a.p. 
Heaviest bunch grown, 26lb. 40z. Average yield in a house 200 ft. 
by 27ft., 2,500 to 3,000lb. Average returns at 1s. per lb., £150; at 
2s. 6d., £375. Months in which best prices (2s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per lb.): 
are obtained, Feb., March, April, & May; worst months (9d. to 2s.), 
Nov., Dec., & Jan. ae . 
Propagation: By seeds sown in light mould in temp. 55° to 65° 
in spring; by “eyes” inserted in light sandy soil in temp. 65° to 
75° in Jan., Feb., or March; by cuttings of shoots 6 in. long & having 
a slice of older branch attached at base, inserted in shady position 
outdoors in Oct. or Nov.; layering shoots in summer or autumn; in- 
arching in spring; grafting when the vines are in flower. ; 
CULTURE OF HARDY ORNAMENTAL VINES: Soil, good ordi- 
nary, enriched with decayed manure. Position, walls or fences for 
Virginian Creepers; arbours, trellises, poles, pergolas, etc., for others.’ 
Plant in autumn. Prune away straggling shoots of Virginian creepers 
in winter; shorten previous year’s shoots of other kinds not required 
to form new branches, to lin. from base in Feb. Propagate by seeds 
sown in heat in spring; cuttings of shoots, 6to8in. long, inserted 
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