102 On the Management of Grapes in Vineries. 



finer quality than the general mass of the border. By this 

 mode the plant on the outside will be so completely buried t 

 as not to be liable to injury from frost. 



The first year's treatment of the young plant is as follows : 

 When the stem has been brought into the house under the 

 wall-plate, it will have been so shortened near to its entrance, 

 as only to leave a good eye, from which a leading shoot will 

 proceed ; this shoot must be trained close to the adjoining 

 rafter, without stopping it, but nipping off its lateral shoots 

 to one eye, if they are weak, or to two eyes, if they are vi- 

 gorous ; for were only one eye left, when they are strong, 

 they might break and grow. About Christmas, the shoot 

 made in the year must be cut down to within two or three 

 feet of the bottom, and the laterals must be cut close to the 

 stem, leaving the bud at the joint ; but if that bud has failed, 

 or has been injured, which sometimes is the case, then the 

 cutting off must be above the first bud of the lateral. As the 

 buds which are left form the basis of the future spur, on 

 which the fruit is borne, it will be obvious, that it will never 

 be desirable to use the eye of the lateral, unless it be abso- 

 lutely necessary ; for when that eye is used, the future spur 

 will be separated from the main stem by the first joint of the 

 lateral ; but when this cannot be avoided, it must be adopted, 

 or so much fruit-bearing space would be lost. In cutting 

 down to the eyes of side shoots, in all cases, the part of the 

 shoot above the eye should not be taken off quite close; 

 about one-third of an inch of its length should be left. 



In the second year the leading shoot will be much stronger 

 than it was in the preceding year; it must be trained its whole 

 length up the rafter ; in the same manner, and at the same 



