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Chasselas ; the Burgundy ; the Black Muscadine ; 

 the Black Frontinac ; the Red Frontinac ; the 

 White Sweet Water; and the Black Hamburgh^ 

 which is the sort of the Hampton-Court Vine. — In 

 cases where grapes are to be grown against houses, 

 or to be trained over bovvers, the principle is the 

 same, though the form may differ. If against the 

 side of a house, the main stem of the vine might, by 

 degrees, be made to go, I dare say, a hundred feet 

 high. Suppose 40 feet. In that case, it would be 

 forty instead of four ; but the side shoots, or alter- 

 nate bearing limbs, would still com.e out in the same 

 manner. The ,stem, or side limbs, may, with the 

 greatest ease^ be made to accommodate themselves 

 to windows, or to any interruptions of smoothness 

 on the surface. If the side of the house, or place, 

 be not very high, not more than 15 or 20 feet ; the 

 best way is to plant the vine in the middle of your 

 space, and, instead of training an upright stem, 

 .take the two lowest shoots and lead them along, 

 one froni each side of the plant, to becomic stems, 

 to lie along within six inches or a foot of the ground. 

 These will, of course, send out shoots, which you 

 will train upright against the building, and which 

 you will cut out alternately, as directed in the 

 other case. 



311. HUCKLEBERRY.— It is well known that 

 it grows wild in great abundance, in many parts, 

 and especially in Long Island, where it gives rise 

 to a holiday, called Huckleberry Monday. It is a 

 very good fruit for tarts mixed with Currants ; and 

 by no means bad to eat in its raw state. 



312 MADEIRA NUT.— See Walnut. 



313. MEDLAR. — A very poor thing indeed. The 

 Medlar is propagated by grafting on cra5-stocks, 

 or pear-stocks. It is, at any rate, especially in this 



