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FURTHER OBSERVATIONS . 



ON THE 



CULTURE 



OF THE 



VINE, on VINERIES, VINE-FRAMES, &c< 



It has been already observed, that there are 

 various modes of constructing buildings for the 

 purpose of improving the culture of Vines. 



Vineries, or Grape-houses, are sometimes built 

 on commodious plans, of which the most elegant 

 certainly are those which have an entire glass- 

 framed roof, with one side descending to the east, 

 the other to the west : the south end must con- 

 sequently be glazed. As buildings of this con- 

 struction are spacious, and will admit air to be 

 given on every side, they are equally proper for 

 forcing many kinds of fruits, as peaches, cherries, 

 figs, &c. In such houses, however, the Vines 

 should be trained to the rafters only, and the other 

 fruits, as standards, dwarfs, &c. permitted to occupy 

 the space below. But as these buildings admit the 

 meridian sun only at the end of the house, they 



