10 Method of training Vines under Glass, in a House. 



branches, divert the sap in its ascent, producing, by means 

 of its flowing to their extremities, an approximation to the 

 effect of long branches. The same inconvenience would 

 occur, to a certain extent, if the Vines were trained in a like 

 manner, in the open air, but it is greatly augmented in a 

 house, in consequence of the air being much hotter, as every 

 one knows, at the top than beneath. Having observed that 

 the fruit produced on the vigorous shoots, which usually grow 

 at the extremities of the long branches, is, generally, more 

 abundant, and of a finer quality, than that produced on the 

 short lateral ones, I was desirous to promote the growth and 

 preservation of the former; but the usual mode of training the 

 branches, across the house, and upwards, being subject to 

 the objection before mentioned, and little scope being af- 

 forded for it in a house of small dimensions, I thought I 

 should obviate these inconveniencies, in great part, and at- 

 tain another object, presently to be mentioned, by training 

 the branches in a horizontal direction, and keeping the whole 

 of the fruit-bearing part of each tree nearly on the same 

 level. With this view, five Vines were planted at the front 

 and ends of a house, 25 feet in length, provided with rods 

 placed horizontally under the glass of the roof, 20 inches 

 asunder, and extending from end to end. The first Vine, 

 placed at one end, being trained up to the two lower rods, 

 a shoot of it was laid along each of them, and continued 

 successively from year to year, till it reached the other end : 

 then, the shoot on the lower rod was turned upwards to the 

 next, and led back upon it towards the stem of the tree ; 

 while that on the upper rod was turned down, and led back, 

 in like manner, on the lower one. During this process, a 



