TACKING GRAPES. GB 



do not require a six-inch box ; but it simplifies the matter of 

 packing if all the boxes are of uniform size, and the unnecessary 

 depth may be reduced by increasing the thickness of the layer 



Fig. 8. — Lady Downes Geape. (From Mr. Barron's work on the Vine.) 



of moss at the bottom. The bunches of the kinds that are 

 laid transversely across the box should not, however, touch the 

 paper, which should be drawn tightly over the top of the box 

 and retain its position by being nailed down with the lid. 



