OF THE VINE. 
JS 
40. WHITE RAISIN. ' 
The properties of this grape are nearly fimilar to the pre- 
ceding, but the berries are white. ^ 
'41. DAMSON GRAPE. 
The berries of this fpecies are very large, oval, and of a 
beautiful purple colour. They grow loofe on the bunch, 
which 
The fame ingenious author fays, p. 167, “Immenfe are the hoards of all fpecies 
of dried fruits, fuch as figs, raifins, plumbs. Sic. They have alfo the fecret of pre- 
ferving grapes, found and juicy, from one feafon to another.” 
It is much to be regretted that this Gentleman could not procure and import 
the above moft invaluable fecret. 
I have conftantly kept grapes a long time by the following method ; Before the 
autumnal frofts have killed the Vine leaves, let the bunch with the fhoot be care- 
fully cut off the Vine. Then put the lower end of the fhoot into a bottle filled 
with water : Hang up the bottle with the fhoot and bunch in a warm room. A 
Green-houfe is a very proper place. 
Only two or three joints of the fhoot above the bunch fhould be left, but a fuffi- 
cient length below, to reach the bottom of a quart bottle, will be required. 
The bottle fhould be filled with frefh water every twelve or fourteen days ; and 
at the fame time a thin fhaving fhould be cut off the bottom of the fhoot, whereby 
the pores will be made to imbibe the water with greater facility. 
Grapes produced in Pine-floves require to be cut at the pruning feafon, viz. 
in December. 
By this method I have often kept grapes frefh and good till the middle of Fe- 
bruary. 
