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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
August 12. 
Durham, Sept. 8. 
Forfarshire (Eastern), Sept. 15 (Arbroath). 
Glasgow, Sept. 10. 
Halifax, August 18. (Sec. E. Pliolman). 
Hampshire, Sept. 9 (Southampton), Nov. 18 (Winches¬ 
ter). (Sec. Rev. F. Wickham, Winchester.) 
Hexham, Sept. 15, 10. 
Hull, Sept. 10. 
Kirkcaldy (Fifeshire), Sept. 9. 
Lincoln, Sept. 14. 
Liverpool, Sept. 2 (Botanic Garden). 
London Floricultural (Exeter Hall, Strand), Aug. 24, 
Sept. 14+, 28, Oct. 12+, Nov. 9+, 23, Dec. 14+. 
Maidstone. In-door Show. Sept. 8. (Sec. Mr. J. G. 
Smith, Week-street.) 
Mid Calder (Parish school-room), Sept. 10. 
Newbury, Sept. 3. 
North London, Nov. 23, Chrysanthemum. 
Northampton, Sept. 27, Dahlia. 
Oxfordshire (Royal), Sept. 23. (Secs., C. Tawney and 
W. Undershell, Esqrs.) 
Peebleshire, Sept. 14th. (Sec., J. Stirling.) 
Ponteland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Sept. S. (Sec. Rev. 
J. M. St. Clere Raymond.) 
South Devon Botanical and Horticultural, Sept. 7. 
(Sec. J. Cree Hancock, Esq., Stonehouse.) 
South London (Royal), Aug. 19+, Sept. 2+, 8, Oct. 14+, 
Nov. 11+, Dec. 9+, 16. 
Shacklewell, Sept. 1. 
Surrey Amateur (George Canning, Grove Lane, Camber¬ 
well), Sept. 15, Dahlia. 
Trowbridge (Grand Exhibition), Aug. 25. 
Turriff, Sept. 17. 
Whitehaven, Sept. 17, Dahlias. 
poultry shows. 
Birmingham and Midland Counties, 14th, 15th, 16th, 
and 17th December. 
Bristol Agricultural, December 7th, 8tli, and Otli. 
(Sec. James Marmont.) 
Bury and Radcliffe (Lancashire), Sept. 3 (Radcliffe). 
Cornwall (Penzance), about a week after the Birming¬ 
ham. (Secs. Rev. W. AV. Wingfield, Gulval Yicarage, 
and E. H. Rodd, Esq.) 
Liverpool, Sept. 23. 
THE VINE—GRAPES, &o. 
The early fruit is gone, the succession crops and 
greenhouse vines are now ripening, and the late grapes 
will soon begin to take their last change; what is to be 
done ? 
Assuredly this is an important period to each class, 
and we must endeavour to delineate the features pecu¬ 
liar to such conditions. 
The early fruit is gone; the leaves in a brownish con¬ 
dition, and yet, where vines are healthy, still attempting 
to produce late shoots. The vine is truly a susceptible, 
a wonderful tree. Who, that had never before seen or 
! heard of the vine, yet accustomed to our more massive 
1 and timber-producing fruit-trees of northern climes, | 
! would for a moment suppose that such a half-solidified- 
J looking cane could produce such a weight of luscious 
j fruit, and that too (under favourable circumstances) for 
; a century; or, indeed, much longer? Really the ab- 
: sorbents must be both active and long-enduring. 
Thus much for the vine under congenial circum¬ 
stances ; how different the darker side of the question. 
"Who has not seen a vine, ill circumstanced, battling 
year by year, not to extend, but simply to preserve, a 
little vitality? Shall, then, a vine which has been early 
forced be hurried into a state of rest? There is little 
doubt, that a complete cessation of growth, soon after 
the fruit is ripe, would produce a somewhat earlier habit 
in the ensuing spring, and the buds might possibly 
break with more uniformity. But this benefit would, 
in many cases, be counterbalanced by a want of energy, 
if not by positive weakness. The tax on the powers of ! 
the vine are so great during the ripening of a lull crop, 
that, be the vine ever so strong, it will be observed to 
fail; that is to say, growth generally becomes sus¬ 
pended during this process. This is sufficiently con¬ 
vincing, and points, moreover, to the reciprocity requisite 
to carry on active growth; for in this case it will be 
seen, that all available growing matter is drawn into, 
and appropriated by the fruit. The tree thus becomes 
somewhat emptied of those enriching fluids, the presence 
of which are requisite in the ensuing spring as food to 
the unfolding bud, and to carry out a free development 
up to the point when the new foliage commences elab¬ 
oration. Such is, we think, borne out both by science 
and practice. Although what are termed late growths, 
are, after a certain period, of little use, and in some 
cases a positive harm, yet there can be little doubt that 
early vines, exhausted with their recent crop, may be 
allowed to ramble freely for a month or so after the crop 
is removed; say, until the early part of August, when 
rest must be thought of; and this will be soon induced 
by continuing to pinch every lateral as soon as an 
effort at new growth is attempted. Thus a considerable 
amount of elaborated matter will be added to the stock ; 
a sort of surplus fund for the ensuing year, besides an 
active impulse given to the roots which had become 
somewhat torpid. If any one will examine, at this 
period, the roots of vines with ripe fruit, or recently cut, 
and where manurial top-dressings have been applied, be 
will find the roots of those possessing growing shoots 
revelling with the utmost activity in the decaying 
organic matters, whilst the roots of those overpowered 
and producing little wood are in a comparatively resting 
state. Means then may be taken for awhile to keep 
up a lively action at the root; where borders are dry, 
a good sousing of liquid manure may at once be given, 
and rambling shoots trained so as to enjoy the light. 
Successional Crops .—By these are meant grapes in 
course of ripening, and such will, in the maiD, be the 
position of the amateur with one house, and what are 
termed greenhouse vines. In order to do a moderate 
amount of justice to greenhouse vines, the proprietor 
should, for a few weeks, weed out most of his in-door 
stock of plants, and friend Fish will surely bear his 
testimony to the fact that, like turning horses out to 
grass and taking their shoes off, it does most of them a 
deal of good. As for those plants which are in their 
nature “ rniffy,” or those troubled with vegetable in¬ 
digestion, why, surely a frame, with its face to the north, 
will be a good situation for them. Here, with a plenty 
of cinder ashes beneath them, they will at least endure 
the vicissitudes which an English summer can give rise 
to. The removal of many of the plants will give 
breathing room; will allow, not only fresh air, but 
occasionally a puff of wind to penetrate the stagnant 
nooks and corners of the house. Who can for a moment 
doubt, that crowded and ill-ventilated places are liable 
to engender miasma, and that such exercise a hurtful 
influence on the vegetable as well as the animal king¬ 
dom? Let this period, then, be selected as a sort of 
gaol-delivery, and every portion of the house washed 
down. 
The Oidium Tucheri, or vine mildew, has been making 
fearful ravages of late, and we, amongst tlie rest, have : 
received our annual visitation of this sad ]iest. We \ 
have had all our walls washed with lime well charged ! 
with sulphur; have had fires lighted three or four j 
evenings successively; the flues or pipes being sprinkled j 
with sulphur every evening, and the houses closed. In 
addition, we have tried the hydro-sulphuret, the inven¬ 
tion of M. Grison, and have every reason to think it 
will prove effectual, though we doubt the complete effi¬ 
ciency of one application. Let us advise every reader 
of this work to use sulphur most pertinaciously, whether 
