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quality when fruiting. We often see very line 

 crops of Grapes produced from a single Vine, that oc- 

 cupies half a dozen, or more rafters ; but the prin- 

 cipal objection in allowing such an extent to one 

 Vine, will be the limited variety of Grapes that can 

 be grown even in a large extent of glass, and when 

 variety of fruit is an object of consideration ; the 

 crop produced from Vines planted from two to three 

 feet apart will be equally good, provided they have 

 a sufficient length of rafter for extending themselves 

 upon. Two of the most successful cultivators of the 

 Vine that I have yet observed, are Mr. M 'Arthur, late 

 gardener to A. Baring, Esq., at the Grange ; and, 

 also, Mr. Baily, late gardener to Earl Spencer, at 

 Althorp ; in both instances, the Vines were planted 

 from two to four feet apart. I believe the former 

 were not above two feet, and the latter with a single 

 Vine confined to each rafter. I had the pleasure of 

 seeing both Vineries within a few days of each other, 

 and I should have some difficulty in deciding which 

 bore the preference. In both cases, the houses are 

 entirely constructed with metal roofs, &c. The 

 length of the rafter in those at the Grange, is nearly 

 20 feet, and in that at Althorp 23 feet 6 inches. 

 Some attention should be paid to the planting of the 

 Vines, in order that the early ripening sorts may be 

 placed at the warmest end of the house, where the 

 flues, or hot-water pipes, enter, which will bring 

 these sorts in earlier, and lengthen the season of the 

 fruit ; as, by having the late growing kinds placed at 

 the coldest end of the house, they will be consider- 

 ably longer in ripening their fruit, than those that 



