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and raise a kind of artificial dew, which, by falling 

 upon the calyx, will cause it to expand and fall off. 

 By this means, the important parts of fructification 

 are set at liberty to perform the offices for which 

 nature intended them, viz. the increase and propa- 

 gation of their species. After a kind impregnation 

 the berries always swell very fast. 



It is not unusual to see bunches of the white 

 Sweetwater, and some other kinds of grapes, 

 greatly abound with small berries, (which are 

 without stones,) which proceeds from the above re- 

 cited cause, and may be prevented by an assiduous 

 attention to the foregoing rules. 



Although grapes set best in a close moist air, yet 

 the hot-house should not be violently hot during 

 the time of their setting. 



When the weather is serene, and all circum- 

 stances concur agreeably, transparent drops of dew 

 will be observable in a morning on the angular 

 points of the Vine leaves. 



This is the most favourable indication which can 

 happen at the critical season of the Vine's flower- 

 ing ; for I have constantly observed the grapes to 

 set well, and the growth of the berries to have 

 been extremely rapid, when the Vines have been 

 in this state. 



Pull off the superfluous shoots which may break 

 out in various parts of the old wood during the 

 summer, and divest the young shoots of all their 

 laterals likewise, whenever they appear. This 

 may be done without reserve, or having the least 



