English Vineyards Such summers must have been more common in
the days of the Roman occupation. I hope to learn more about this shortly, for I have just had a letter from a man who lives near Canterbury. He says that he is shortly publishing a book on the history and the technique of viticulture in England. Two years ago he planted two acres-Of waste land that had formerly been a brick-field. He says that if correctly pruned the vines should stand four thousand to the acre, and that given the right conti- nental hardy hybrids, ,the vagaries of our climate should be safely met.. He hopes for a first vintage in 1951, and I wish him success in this noble adventure. I suspect tit* there may be many other European who would like to compare not with this classical-
minded folk in this country
aeld. Kentish vine-grower. The whole subject is one that hovers perpetually in the minds of people concerned with the preservation of a civilised way of life.
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