TREATISE ON THE VINE. 



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That the second objection is of force, where 

 the Vines in a Hot-house are under an injudicious 

 management, must be admitted j but when their 

 shoots are trained with propriety, and according 

 to the method herein prescribed, the Pines will 

 rather be benefited than injured, by the kindly 

 shade the Vine leaves will afford. For please to 

 consider that the Vine is a deciduous plant, and 

 therefore its branches are destitute of leaves at the 

 season when the Pine most requires sun. 



And as to the last objection, grapes, well per- 

 fected in Hot-houses, are generally very rich ; but 

 it must be confessed that their skins are very often 

 impregnated with a disagreeable flavour. But I 

 shall venture to affirm, that the cause of this defect 

 most generally proceeds, either from the languish- 

 ing state of the Vine, the effect of insects, or else 

 from fumigations, or some similar practice, made 

 use of to destroy the various insects that infest 

 Hot-houses ; and, therefore, I insist, first, that a 

 plentiful admission of free air in summer is as 

 necessary for the Pine as the Vine. See section 

 on Air, &c. in my Treatise on the Culture of the , 

 Pine, &c. 



And, secondly, that when air is properly and 

 plentifully admitted into the Hot-house, and every 

 other part of the management is conducted with 

 propriety, grapes produced in Pine-stoves com- 



