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ON THE VINERY. 



In Holland, it is customary to begin to force 

 Vines in November, in order to have ripe grapes 

 early in the spring. In these 7 frames, used for 

 winter forcing, it is found necessary, that the 

 glass frames should be in an almost perpendicular 

 direction. The Dutch have also a method of 

 forcing Vines planted in the open ground, the 

 shoots of which are trained in an horizontal posi- 

 tion, about eighteen inches from the ground. 

 Over the Vines, which are forced in the summer, 

 they put frames nearly as flat as those commonly 

 made use of for melons. 



Hence it follows, that the construction of the 

 different frames, or buildings, for the purpose of 

 producing grapes, should not only vary according 

 to the quantity required, but also according to the 

 season in which that fruit is intended to be pro- 

 duced. — The roof should be steep for early 

 forcing, and flatter for the summer. 



As I have given a plan and explanation of a 

 Vinery, which has constantly succeeded in pro- 

 ducing good crops of grapes for more than twenty 

 years, it may seem unnecessary to say more upon 

 this head ; for the satisfaction, however, of those 

 who wish to proceed on a less extensive and more 

 economical scale, I shall suggest a few more hints 

 upon this subject in another place. 



The construction of the building being deter- 

 mined, the next objects which demand our con- 

 sideration are the compost proper for the border, 



