1834. 

 Jan. 

 15 

 17 

 19 

 20 

 21 



23 



25 

 29 



Feb. 

 1 



8 



12 

 15 

 19 

 22 

 Mar. 

 8 



12 

 14 



29 

 April 

 12 



18 



THE GRAPE-VINE UNDER GLASS. 



461 



DIARY. 



Shoots 2 inches long. 



Heat of dung on border, 65^. 



Largest spurs 1 foot long ; flower-buds as large as 

 mustard-seeds (white) ; bunches, 1 inch. 



Shoots topped at one joint above fruit ; if a lateral 

 is produced it is topped beyond one leaf ; if it 

 break again, top it again beyond one leaf. 



In dull days when the weather is cold, and there 

 is not sunshine, give a little air, keeping the 

 temperature at 74". 



Dung on the border nearly cold. 



The flowers of one bunch (near the hot-pipes) ex- 

 panded ; the first that have been. 



The vines in flower generally. 

 Began to thin a bunch or two. 

 Was thinning all day (at the top of the house.) 



The berries of all set now ; those of the Hamburgh 

 as large as hazel-nuts ; those of the old St. 

 Peters, the size of peas of the early frame 

 kind ; for the sake of the Dutch Sweetwater, 

 maintained 76° instead of 74**, the proper tem- 

 perature for the Hamburgh. After shutting 

 up at night the tan-pit is forked sometimes, 

 and sprinkled every night. The pipes are 

 sprinkled at least eight times in twenty-four 

 hours. 



Began to give air always when the temperature is 



4° above that of the night heat. 

 Dung, leaves, &c., cleared off the border, to admit 



sun-heat, &c. ; the border forked over. 

 Finished shouldering the Hamburgh, and thinning 



the Sweetwater and St. Peter's (neither of the 



two latter wants shouldering much). All 



spurs tied to wires ; laterals cut clean out ; 



bunches supported. 

 Sweetwaters discovered to be changing colour for 



ripening. 



First berry of the Hamburgh beginning to change 

 colour ; moisture withdrawn ; plenty of air 

 admitted ; border watered with dung water 

 (dry weather). 



About half of the berries of the Hamburgh red- 



H H 



