FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
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of the vines find their way outside the vinery under the cells,, 
and luxuriate in the outside border. 
If then there is three or four inches of compost scattered 
over the surface, although the border be poor, the strength will 
be given the soil in the form of liquid, washed from it by the 
water applied. 
The Vinery .—The above drawing represents the plan of a 
small vinery, made by myself in 1857, which will serve to give 
the reader an idea of the best and cheapest mode of construct¬ 
ing such a building. 
The following is the description of the drawing A, by which 
the amateur and his carpenter may make one very cheap : 1, 
cap board for the upper sash to slide under. 2, upper sash 
with four small rollers, to facilitate sliding, and one small flat 
iron bar across and under the center, sunk into the sash, flush 
with the surface, to strengthen it. 3, lower sash, eleven feet 
long, three feet six inches wide; the upper sash slides over it. 
4, front sash in two divisions — the upper one stationary, the 
lower hung with hinges to afford ventilation at certain seasons. 
5, post or stud, from the ground to the rafters, from one inch 
to two and a-half inches square, on which to train the center 
row of vines, as seen in the drawing B. G, post or stud four 
by four and a-half inches, on which to rest the back or wall 
