FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
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is late in the season, it is best to disturb the roots as little 
as possible. 
The vines being planted in hills, or crowning, the border 
decomposes and settles, and the application of compost is neces¬ 
sary to keep the surface level. It is best to plant thickly_ 
one vine under each rafter, and as many rows as the width of 
the house will admit, planting the first row one foot from the 
front stud, and the back row the same distance from the back 
stud. They may be planted four feet apart, and as the house 
gets age and the roots grow, they may be thinned. It will be 
necessary to do this because the laterals and roots will extend 
to the injury of each other. It is a bad plan to have any for¬ 
est treesjgrowing near a vinery, as their roots will get into the 
border and rob the vine. 
Management .—When the vines are planted, avoid exposing 
them to dry winds. The temperature may be allowed to rise 
as high as 75°; syringe them two or three times per day in dry 
bright days; but withhold the water in cloudy weather. A 
warm moist atmosphere will cause the eyes to burst better, 
and a good start is an important item in vine management. 
They may be started from the first to the fifteenth of April, 
according to the season. But it is best to keep them cool and 
as backward as possible on account of late frosts. But if the 
vines in a house have not started, they may be saved by putting 
a barrel or tub in the house, and, if frost is expected, fill it 
with boiling water in the evening and again in the morning, 
and by syringing the house—all the vacant spaces—with hot 
water before the sun gets up. But no water should touch the 
vine. This precaution may not be needed, .but I have saved a 
crop in this manner when most others lost theirs. A slight 
frost will not kill the vines; it only injures the most advanced 
of the fruit spurs. 
It will be more trouble to regulate the temperature of the 
vinery the first year, than thereafter; because as the vines grow 
they shade the inside of the house and protect it from the effect 
of sudden changes. 
Give air gradually, and mostly from the top. If the tern- 
