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now plants making as strong wood as those on the rafters, which have been sub¬ 
jected to pot culture for the last twelve years. The plan more to be recommended 
is to give each plant an alternate year of preparation. 7th. The compost is 
merely a vegetable mould, formed of the decayed refuse of the garden. 8th. It 
is the result of mismanagement in the treatment. The most delicate sorts will 
be free from these attacks when well managed in pots, whilst those trained up 
the rafters not unfrequently have their crops damaged. This originates in the 
roots not acting in concert with the stem; yet this cannot be the case when 
grown in pots. 
I was honoured the other day with a call by an eminent gentleman, the 
High-Sheriff of this county, who from my recommendation has been giving the 
pot culture an extensive and successful trial. He assured me, that he now feels 
confident he shall be able to furnish his table with grapes throughout the whole 
year, by this accommodating process. And from accounts I have received from 
his gardener, there seems good reason to believe, that a plant may be so treated 
as to insure annually a produce of from fourteen to twenty good bunches of fruit. 
Wiliersley, June 8th. Geo. Stafford. 
What Treatment do Vines in Pots require ?—The very great success 
which has attended the modern practice of growing Vines in Pots, must recom¬ 
mend the system to every practical gardener. I am persuaded you will greatly 
oblige that very numerous class of your subsoribers, the proprietors of small 
forcing-houses ; by furnishing, at your earliest convenience, a detailed statement 
of the best method of preparing the plants, and pointing out what should be 
their subsequent treatment, as also what sorts are found to answer best. T. P. S. 
Answer .—The chief part, if not all of the information T. P. S. wishes to re¬ 
ceive is furnished at length by Mr. Stafford, in Vol. 1, pages 6, 185, and 487, 
also in Vol. 2, page 233, and in the present number; as well as by Mr. Smith, of 
Snelson, in Vol. 1, p. 236.—If any thing further be wished, we are satisfied Mr. 
Stafford, as well as some other of our correspondents, will feel a pleasure in fur¬ 
nishing the requisite information. Cond. 
What kind of a House shall I build for Vines in Pots? —In the first 
number of your highly interesting Register , you mention your intention of erect¬ 
ing a House purposely for the growth of Vines in Pots. I should be very glad, 
in common I have no doubt, with many of your subscribers, to know the result. 
Or if you, or any of your practical readers, Mr. Stafford for instance, would 
suggest the plan of a small and inexpensive house for that purpose, you would 
confer a great favour. The construction 1 conceive might be most simple, hav¬ 
ing no borders to prepare, and one flue, either hot air or warm water, would be 
sufficient. My idea is, to place the pots close to the back wall, and to train the 
vines up that, and down the rafters, which would check the rapid growth. No 
front or side windows would be requisite. I conclude you are acquainted with 
the Dutch mode of forcing in wooden houses, (double) seven feet high, six feet 
wide, and twelve feet long, and heated by manure inside the house, covered with 
tan, what do you think of it? M. D. 
April 22 nd, 1833. 
Answer .—We shall shortly enter more at large upon the Culture of the Vine, 
and shall then submit our ideas on the kinds of houses most suitable for the 
purpose. In the meantime, we shall be happy to receive any communications 
on the subject, particularly in reference to the present queries. Cond. 
