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operation ; and particularly when the bunches are extremely 
large. The firft thing to be done is, to extend both the main 
fhoulders, as alfo the lefs projeding parts of the bunch, which 
parts (liould be fufpended by fmall firings, and faftened to the 
rafters, or glafs-cafe frames above. Every projecting part of 
the bunch fhould be ralfed to an horizontal polition ; and, 
when the berries are fully fwelled, they will retain that por- 
tion even after the firings are cut. 
In thinning of the berries, great care fhould be taken to 
leave all the mofl projecting ones on every fide of the bunch ; 
fince by this means the dimenfions of the bunch will not be 
diminilhed. 
In thofe kinds of grapes that produce very clofe-growing 
bunches, it will be neceffary to clip out more than two thirds 
of the berries; but in fome kinds, one half; and, in the loofe- 
growing kinds, with long foot-flalks, the taking out one third 
is generally fuiiicient. 
By this mode of thinning, the remaining berries will, in ge- 
neral, fwell well, and grow to a very great fize, and will not 
be fubjeCt to rot, as is generally the cafe with grapes in a Hot- 
houfe, when the berries are permitted to grow clofe, and to 
become wedged together. 
In training the (hoots of the Vines, I liave hitherto taken 
notice only of furnifliing the rafters, or roof, of the Ilot-iioufe ; 
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