414 THE CULTUEE OE THE VINE AT THOMERY. 



mucli glass and yet some wall space^ for covering cottages^ 

 out-officeS;, &c.^ and not in any way as a substitute for Yine 

 culture indoors. It may^ nevertheless^ be added tbat I 

 have never yet tasted tbe Cbasselas de Fontainebleau or 



Royal Muscadine nearly so 

 well flavoured as wben 



-^^'-'^==^^^==^^=''=-^^ ^^i;==5=2fc=c Vines trained Vertically with alter- 



Kose-Gharmeux's System of Vertical nated spurs, wires nine inches apart 



Training. The Vines are planted at on wall; Vines about twenty-eight 



sixteen inches apart. inches apart. 



Cbasselas de Fontainebleau at Tbomery and otber places in 

 the vicinity of Paris is the best example of open air culture 

 anywhere to be found ; and this variety^ more generally 

 known in England as the Royal Muscadine_, is also far the 

 best for culture in the open air in this country. 



