The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-08-19 00:00:00

yINEs.

Vittst.—At last the cold -u-Csenial season is musing into
wenn geniai weather with • steady barometer, and vines
in all anases of growth are already sho ems signs of
improvement Give abundance of alt ti ntes crepes, and
keep the night temperature I iw with Just sufficient fire-
heat to prevent condensation of moisture on the berries.
Damp to. fi• o-s an I paths on fie* mornings, and throw
, some slight shads over black kinds for. few hours when
the sun is obtains{ on the houses that are not well-filled
' with clean healthy foliage. Mid-seasoned grapes have
coloured slowly this year, and we hear many complaint,
of Iladreefield Court, Muscat of Alexis; ate and Black
Newburgh changing almost before they are ripe. This
point, to the importance of haring good inside borders for
the roots to work in, when thimulants can be implied at
time
the proper me independently of the weather. It is
quite trus that tome houses are built with solid brick
trouts, and alteration, would be attended with great
trouble and expense but wherever an inside border can be
made, if only a few feet in width, no time ahould be lost
in getting snitab e materiels for its formetion as 50.0 es
the foliage shows signs of ripening. Gradually redoes the
lateralei in late house., and let Muscats have the fist 1
benefit of every ray of light and sunshine, with fire-hest
and ventilation at night, otherwiee the fine amber colour
so much coveted, but not always secured, cannot be
attained, and without it this fine grape cannot be expected
to keep fresh and plump for any length of time Mier the
leaves fall from the vines. Vigorous young vines intended
for early forcing will well repay all the attention that can
be given to them. By thia time the wood should be
hard, solid, and of a rich nut-brown colour, with awn;
foliate taking on the rich autumnal tint, feeding and
forming the bunches that will be most abundant, compact,
and symmetrical on reds that have been thorou,Mly
ripened under the influence of warmth and light, and no;
by the barbarous process of starvation and expenaire to the
chilling *Hems of our changeable climsta Established
vines now going to rest intended for starting *dirty in
November, may have all the side-shoots of the current
season shortened back, and the final priming should be
performed early in September. I always oaks a point, of
reducing the shoots as the grapes are cat, the hack bnna
then 11.10006 plump and prominent ; and havintx
internal border, under control, the vines rarely
Into autumnal growth. W. Cale..., Shaw..
PINES.
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The loss of m much ;Ur:al:inc.. this season has., in a
pecuniary Send, materially adocted the expenditure in
! this department, an until now, fires have leen in some
dezree almost constantly required. A prospect, however,
! of having more of this essential element is now apparent.
I which, if it becomes real, should he utilised to the utmost
I extent After so mush dull weather a slight shading
! should be applied to those plants which are placed benest6
large squares of glass for a few hours at mid-day, when it
is powerful, on the plants become more inured to it.
Amongst the young stock of plants in rigorous growth at
this time many will doubtless+ be throwing up suckers ; let
all these be carefully removed as soon as they can properly
be screwed out with as little injury as possible to the
fgl.aira Whenever sunshine abounds take every advasks-
-1 of it to promote growth in these plants, under the
I foregoing directions Keep the internal tentgenstures of
! the houses at about AD. to 115 s, with n Utile air on, and
close up the house for the day st the latter point; at this
time sprinkle the house to suture the neoeinary amount
of moisture, and axe:tonally, as the planta require it:
sprinkle than also In the came of Queen plants, which
wale In lot early work swat sealion, these will hy
this time have moderately well tilled the pots with rnnin,
and the growth in them will be more natural; under such
circumstances it will be advisable to venttlata, on suitable
co:salons. more freely, and to keep a somewhat drier
atmospheric condition in ardor to perfect the iivimash.
Temperature at night tor current month--suceessional.
plants. iZs to 75* : fruiting plants, To- to
Mins, Wifrxmaoe Alrhey.