Show HAMPTON COURT VINE great age does not lessen its pro i much Is expected this year of tho the royal vine at hampton court in its it now new vino vine house its robust condition today Is very different from what it was twenty years ago when at least twenty feet of the tree were barren in hi the fruit bearing season treatment and unflagging attention have effected this improvement e la in its productive powers underneath the old stone flooring which greatly retarded tho the freo free growth of the vine wore vere found remains of ancient foundations and walls these were excavated and tho cavity filled by fifty or sixty loads leads of vino vine earth calculated to nourish and strengthen tho the tree the great vine vin 0 which Is situated at the end of the pond garden wag wa planted in 1763 when the gardens garden were in ili the hands of lancelot lauc clot capability brown as a slip from a vine of valentines in the essex I 1 esex parish of II 11 I 1 ford near wanstead which itself attained a great 51 ze band ts Is still in flourishing condition athe the grape Is of the black hamburg variety the main stem of tho the vino vine which covers somo some square foot feet is IS inches in cir cumfer curn ference enco but the hair hampton apton court vine hasi has rivals in england englan d the vine at cumberland lodge which was planted in 1778 17 78 from a fifoot of tho the royal r tree and tho the vines a at t manresa house and kinnel house c aro are all larger large r save in the stem palace gardeners do not remember were ever made that any depredations upon the vino vine in the old house peo pie pic were allowed to go right into tile vinery but never was a grape gi ape stolen in the new house visitors gaze 9 aze at the nine nc from a kind of glass glaes vestibule london tribune |