GRAPE. 



shoots succeeding^ each other from the bottom. While 

 the shoot of last year is yielding its fruit in this, a 

 successor is trained from the bottom to take its place, 

 and yield the fruit of the next. 



It has been the fashion ever since the time of 

 Quintynaie, to give figures of trained trees to convey 

 better ideas of the methods recommended. Some of 

 these are truly fanciful and ridiculous, because im- 

 practicable. It is much easier to make a beautifully 

 symmetrical tree upon paper, than upon a wall or 

 espalier ; but pretty pictures are pleasing to some 

 people, and if it makes them wiser, so far well. 



The vine is subject to the attack of a few insects. 

 The most pernicious is the red spider, or acarus ; 

 and which can only be kept off by frequently washing 

 the leaves with the engine or syringe. Dry air 

 encourages this pest more than any thing ; and, there- 

 fore, steaming and watering before the fruit begin to 

 ripen, is the only remedy. But should they be un- 

 conquerable by these means, recourse must be had 

 to the wash hereafter to be recommended. 



The large scaly insect, or vine fretter, is only 

 seen in dry vineries ; they are best got rid of by 

 brushing them off, as soon as their white bag of 

 young appear, bursting the shell. And if, at the 

 pruning season, the branches be anointed with a 

 decoction of tobacco, in which sulphur and a little 

 camphor is infused, applied with a hard brush, this 

 will go far to banish the insect entirely. 



Wasps and flies devour many bunches of grapes. 

 Phials half filled with sugared water, destroy a great 



