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from unripe fruit, and might very well suffice for the cloistered monks, 
as well as for our own hardy barons, before commerce had opened to 
them the wine vaults of the continent. 
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“ But that vineyards may and have succeeded in our own times, is 
beyond a doubt; that at Painshill, planted by Mr. Hamilton, answered 
well; he selling in some years hundreds of pounds worth of wine ! But 
the culture of the vine for wine-making is no longer either a necessary or 
a profitable pursuit in this country. The vineyards of France, Spain, 
and Portugal, furnish us with the best wines, far cheaper than we 
can manufacture them for ourselves. This, among other causes, has 
operated to discourage the culture of the vine in the open air in Britain; 
and has confined it to the walls of gardens and nurseries, to the walls of 
dwelling-houses, and to forcing-houses built for the purpose. 
“ In such situations the treatment of the vine has been brought to the 
greatest perfection, especially since the publication of the excellent 
works of Kennedy and Speechly on this fruit-tree. It is remarkable 
that Justice makes no mention of vine-forcing in his very useful work 
published in 1732; so that, it would appear vine-forcing was not then 
introduced into England, though it must have been very shortly after¬ 
wards.”— Rogers' Fruit Cultivation, p. 208. 
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KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Cauliflower .—Seed should be sowed twice in this month, viz. on the 
twenty-first, and again on the twenty-eighth. These sowings furnish 
plants for spring crops of this favourite vegetable. It is necessary that 
the time stated for sowing be observed; because if sowed much before 
the first mentioned day there is risk that many of the strongest seed¬ 
lings would “ button ” before the plants had arrived at sufficient size. 
And if, on the other hand, the sowing be delayed till after last men- 
tioned-day, the plants do not yield flowers so early as they otherwise 
would do. (See the particulars of management in a preceding article 
of this number.) 
Spinach —For winter and spring use should be sowed twice in this 
month, if the first sowing has not been already made. The prickly 
seeded, as being the hardest, is to be preferred at this season. The 
ground should be well-dunged and dug for spinach; the larger the 
