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THE GRAPE. 
April 1839, 
Temper- 
atiore. 
[ April] 
a 
o 
a 
fc 
g 
25 
74 
78 
26 
77 
63 
27 
71 
80 
28 
73 
75 
29 
70 
70 
30 
70 
70 
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1 
70 
70 
2 
68 
66 
3 
66 
68: 
Diary of the Vinery. 
Commenced syringing again, twice a day, in fine wea 
tlier. Moisture is also plentifully supplied by keep 
ing the pans well filled with water. 
Much rain during the last week : have kept a brisk fire 
in the day, and admitted air. The vines look finely. 
Continue thinning and shouldering the bunches, 
after cutting out about one half their number. [By 
shouldering is understood tying up the shoulders 
on the large clusters to the trellis, so that they may 
not press upon the lower part of the bunch.] 
1 
68 
70 
5 
60 
77 
6 
61 
62 
7 
59 
66 
8 
57 
73 
9 
70 
68 
10 
58 
62 
11 
56 
54 
12 
56 
71 
3.3 
65 
66 
14 
63 
73 
15 
65 
68 
16 
69 
70 
17 
68 
61 
18 
58 
71 
19 
68 
74 
20 
68 
69 
21 
62 
69 
22 
70 
76 
23 
66 
72 
24 
69 
72 
Plenty of air admitted. 
Grapes now swelling off finely. 
Abundance of moisture kept up. 
A fine rain to-day. The month has been rather cool ; 
several nights the past week the earth has frozen 
slightly. The grapes are now swelling finely. Con- 
tinue to thin the fruit daily. 
The process of thinning the berries continued, taking 
out some almost every day, and always the smallest. 
Abundance of air given in fine weather. 
Next year’s bearing wood carefully laid in. 
