April’lO,  1902. 
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AT 
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Few  Minutes  from  Surbiton  Station  ( SAV.Mj.). 
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'  RICHARDSMITH  &CP.  WORCESTER 
THURSDAY,  APRIL  10,  1902. 
Remarks  on  Setting  Grapes. 
F  fine  berries  are  wanted,  and 
most  of  us  are  ambitious  to 
produce  them,  the  foundation 
must  be  laid  early  in  the  season 
or  before  the  flowering  period. 
Onl.y  those  berries  furnished  with 
a  full  complement  of  seeds  can  be 
depended  upon  to  attain  to  the  largest 
size,  and  weakly  flowers  were  never 
yet  followed  by  what  are  termed  four-seeded 
or  quartered  fruit.  We  ought,  therefore,  to 
strive  for  as  many  berries  with  four  seeds  in 
them  as  possible,  and  to  take  good  care  when 
thinning  to  reserve  these,  not  the  smaller 
perfectly  round  berries,  and  which  probably 
enough  are  furnished  with  one  to  three  seeds 
only. 
In  very  many  instances  the  vines  or  rods 
are  disposed  too  thickly,  or  less  than  3  feet 
apart,  and,  to  make  matters  worse,  those  in 
charge  are  in  a  great  hurry  to  tie  down 
the  laterals.  As  a  consequence  the  embryo 
bunches  are  shaded  far  more  than  desirable, 
and  the  flowers  enfeebled,  opening  weakly 
accordingly.  The  young  bunches  in  all  cases, 
or  whether  the  varieties  are  free  setting  or 
the  opposite,  ought  to  be  exposed  as  much  as 
possible  to  all  the  light  and  sunshine  going, 
and  if,  owing  to  the  closeness  together  of  the 
rods  they  will  not  get  this  if  the  laterals  are 
early  fastened  to  the  wires,  the  rods  ought  to 
be  lowered  temporarily,  and  the  laterals 
allowed  to  remain  in  nearly  a  vertical  position 
till  after  the  flowering  period.  Not  only  does 
this  favour  perfect  setting,  but  when  tying 
down  is  deferred  thus  late,  no  risks  are  run 
ff  losing  some  of  the  laterals  bearing  the  most 
promising  Viunches.  If  this  plan  were  more 
often  adopted  we  should  see  fewer  miserably 
thin  badl.y  set  bunches  of  Grapes  generally, 
and  all  concerned  have  better  reason  for 
congratulating  themselves  upon  the  result  of 
their  labours.  * 
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