[1861] A method not unlikely to spoil the grape, from the difficulty of removing the coat thus given to it.
[1862] A very absurd notion, as Fée observes. To keep fruit in millet is also condemned.
[1863] Which, of course, must deteriorate the flavour of the grape.
[1864] It is doubtful if they will increase in size, when once plucked.
[1865] The modern authorities recommend the precisely opposite plan.
[1866] As absurd as the use of the bulb of squill.
[1867] In a pit two feet deep, &c. See [above].
[1868] Capsæ.
[1869] See B. xxi. c. 49.
[1870] De Re Rust. B. xii. c. 43.