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TREATMENT OF THE 



joints above the bunch is, that the sap, when 

 required, may have a channel to expend it- 

 self without causing any of the buds below 

 the bunch of fruit to break this season, which 

 would frequently be the case in vigorous 

 Vines if the shoot was stopped at the bunch, 

 which is the practice of some persons; but 

 by stopping it as directed, a mean is pro- 

 vided to prevent the premature breaking of 

 the buds below the fruit, whilst the part of 

 the shoot retained above the bunch is not an 

 incumbrance productive of any injury to the 

 Vine or fruit whatever. When the bunches 

 come into bloom, the temperature of the 

 house must be increased to 70 fire heat, 

 and 75 degrees sun heat, admitting as great 

 a quantity of air in mild days as possible, 

 so as to regulate the house as described. 

 This temperature of heat must be afterwards 

 kept until the early part of June, when fire 

 heat may be given up, except a little occa- 

 sionally, to dry up any damp. 



The thinning of the berries must take 

 place as early as possible, doing it when they 

 are the size of vetches, or small garden peas. 

 In doing this, great care must be taken that 

 the berries which are to remain, and the 

 stalks which support them, are not injured 

 by the scissors, with which the thinning is 

 performed. A regular distribution of berries 

 in every part of the bunch must be left. The 

 distance at which they are permitted to re- 



