By Mr. Peter Lindegaard. 



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ripe ; but they were kept on the branches, at least so many of 

 them as I intended to reserve for winter use, until the 20th 

 of October, or even later. 



When the Grapes are gathered I immediately remove the 

 lights, that the Vine may be exposed to the free air. In 

 December, when the thermometer in the open air sinks one 

 or two degrees below the freezing point, the lights are put 

 on the house again, and remain till the next autumn. 



It may be said that this forcing is slow, but I apply the 

 produce of this Vine particularly to winter use ; and I have 

 experienced, that when Grapes are slowly forced they pos- 

 sess more natural strength, and fitness for keeping. 



This Vine occupies now a space of six hundred and forty 

 square feet, and has been regularly forced every year with 

 success since 1804, and the produce of it was last year four 

 hundred and ten bunches ( of which I have still a few fit for 

 use) ; some of them weighed two pounds, and most of them 

 one pound avoirdupois, but the Grapes were last year paler 

 than usual, for they assumed their colour during rainy and 

 cloudy weather, notwithstanding they kept as well as in any 

 other season. 



I do not advance this account as a matter of novelty ; it 

 is much practised in Holland, neither can I suppose that it 

 can excite great attention in England, which possesses so 

 many experienced and perhaps the first Horticulturists ; 

 but I have only proved that fine and well flavoured fruit 

 may be produced without any assistance from fire. If any 

 gentleman were disposed to try this method, I should 

 advise him to adopt a forcing-house on a smaller scale, for 



