WITHOUT LETTING THEM HANG ON THE VINES. 407 



The best example in a private place was in the gardens of 

 Ferrieres, the magnificent country seat of Baron Rothschild. 

 Here they have constructed, in addition to very fine and 

 well filled fruit rooms, a grape room, which is filled with 

 stands thickly hung from top to bottom with all kinds of 

 grapes. M. Bergman, the manager, was cutting down all 

 his grapes in harvest fashion, and would in a few weeks, as 

 soon as the latest houses were ripe, have his many and 

 well managed vineries to do as he pleased with : ripen the 

 wood, prune and clean the vines, or utilize the cleared 

 space of the houses for any purpose that might be con- 



Fio. 222. 



Fig. 223. 



Fig. 224. 



Thomery mode of fixing 

 the bottles. 



Ferrieres mode of fixing 

 the bottles. 



Portion of upright 

 used in Grape- 

 room at Ferrieres. 



venient, not fearing as we do to spill a drop of water or 

 make full use of the house. 



The grapes are cut with a considerable portion of the 

 shoot attached, much as if one were pruning the vine ; the 

 shoot is inserted in a narrow-necked and small bottle con- 

 taining water, and these little bottles are fixed firmly along, 

 so that the bunches hang just clear of each other. In the 

 first instance two pretty strong uprights are erected, 

 each supported on three legs. Then from one to the other 

 of these, on both sides alternately, are nailed sets of strong 

 laths, two for each line of bottles. These laths are kept an 

 inch and a half or so apart by a piece of wood at each end ; 

 in the inner one are made incisions, into which the bottom 



