All Grapes intended to hang through the winter should be perfectly ripe by the 1st of October, and where they are not so let them be assisted with lire heat, and a circulation of dry warm air. Look over all Grapes that have been ripe for some time two or three times a-week, and wherever a mouldy berry appears remove it at once, before it taints others. Keep everything about them as dry as possible by occasional fires, and a free circulation of air on line days, and by keeping the house shut when it is wet and foggy. Keep Vines from which the fruit is all cut cool and well aired, unless in cases where the wood is not perfectly ripened, such as young vigorous-growing Vines, which should be fired till the wood is perfectly brown and hard. Green leaves and brown wood is a very desirable condition, while brown leaves and green wood is the most undesirable. Vines planted this year, and that have continued to grow till now, should be ripened forthwith by the application of a little extra fire-heat, and, if at all crowded, by the removal of some of the lateral growth, to allow a free play of light and air about all their parts. Vines from which Grapes are to be ripened early next year should be pruned immediately, if not already pruned.

Remove all loose bark from their stems, but avoid the "scraping-to-the-quick" system. If there has been any spider on them this season, scrub them with a hard brush and water, and then coat them over with sulphur, cow-dung, and clay, in equal proportions, and of the consistency of thick paint. Thoroughly clean all the wood and glass, remove the surface soil, and replace it with fresh soil, so that all may be in readiness to start forcing next month. If pot-Vines have been standing outdoors, remove them to some place where their roots can be protected from heavy rains. Where very early Grapes are required, the earliest of these may be started towards the middle or end of the month; and if they can be plunged in bottom-heat, they will start into growth sooner. If they have been cut or pruned in any way, dress the wounds twice over with styptic, or they will be apt to bleed. Put a few more into heat than are required for the space, in case any of them fail to show well. It is useless to start thus early with any but early and well - ripened Vines, and they require to have a higher temperature to excite them than two months hence - 55° at night will be necessary.