Cm THE VINERY. 



This method of covering the border should be 

 practised every winter, while the Vines are young ; 

 but then the dung should constantly be removed 

 from the border as soon as the winter frosts are 

 over : a little of the very rotten dung may be per- 

 mitted to remain, as this, with the addition of a 

 little rotten cow-dung, should be worked into the 

 border every spring, 5 Great care, however, should 



b As it is very important to know what kind of manure is the 

 most proper for Vines, and also the most eligible season of ap- 

 plying it, I trust the following extract will prove highly accept- 

 able and satisfactory to my readers. 



" My landlord told me, that he had an intimate acquaintance, 

 a Vigneron, at Verzenay, who was reckoned one of the most 

 attentive and careful managers in all the country, and if I 

 pleased, he would give me a letter to him, requesting him to 

 give me all the information I desired. 



" This I readily accepted, and accordingly, when I arose in 

 the morning, he had it ready for me. I proceeded to Verzenay, 

 where I enquired for the Vigneron the landlord at Chalons had 

 wrote to. I was presently shown his vineyard, with his house 

 by the side of it. He read the letter, and received me with a 

 certain air of hospitable pleasure. 



" We walked directly into his vineyard, which was dunging, 

 in trenches dug for that purpose. This introduced a convers- 

 ation on that point, in which he explained the modes and prin- 

 ciples of dunging vineyards. 



" The season for dunging most approved here, is directly 

 after the vintage, and to be finished before the winter sets in. 

 It is all carried in on the heads of women and children in baskets. 

 It is of consequence to have a dry season for the work of 

 dunging, otherwise it is very badly performed. The women 

 empty their baskets in trenches dug for that purpose, which are 

 doing at the same time, and others spread it in the trenches, and 

 cover it with mould immediately. These trenches vary ; some- 



