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tern; but you see from these extreme cases that no j)arti( iilar system is 

 always and invariably the best. 



Mr. Hii.i.iARD — Brighton. It is my observation, and I give it as 

 my opinion, that vines uncovered do better than vines covered. ?Jy 

 vines are tied to stakes. In the fall I cut them loose and let them fall 

 down u]ii)n the ground, and I have never found it necessary to protect 

 them in any other way. 



Mr. Nelson — I don't wish to be understood as advocating the //o- 

 pruning system — but I must say, that one of the finest crops of grapes I 

 ever saw was upon an unpruned vineyard, left to have its way. Not 

 expecting a crop of grapes they were not looked after, but in the fall, 

 sure enough, the children crawled in under the vines, and found them — 

 and such grapes as they were I [Laughter.] 



Mr. Hillfari) — They will never bear another crop. 



Mr. Wier — I will now tell my story. A. few years ago, I had six 

 acres of vines. I had cared for them, and waited for them, and expected 

 much from them — but I have been met with disajjpointment. I saw no 

 profit in grape-growing for market, either for the fruit or wine. .\r( ord- 

 ingly, I determined I would not spend any more time with them. I let 

 the stakes rot upon the ground. The sand-burrs and weeds came up 

 among them, and for two years, there had not been a |)low among the 

 vines. The third sununer, I think, 1 had from this " tenibl)- k-t alone" 

 \ineyard, the best crop of grapes that I had seen for some time. 



-Mr. Nelson — I can testify to the uiilh of what my friend U'ier 

 says, — for I was there and saw the grapes. 



Mr. Douglass — \Vell, my friend Wier (an run a fruit farm rheaper 

 than any man I ever saw. | Laughter.] 



.Mr. BrcK— 1 would like to ask Mr. Wier about the quality and the 

 quantity of the must— of this neglected vineyard. 



Mr. Wier — :Tht.Te is surely no I.k k of (/i/<7nfify — Grape juice is 

 cheaper than water, about this time. | Laughter. | 



Mr. Freeman — What Mr. Wier has said may all be well enough in 

 a dry season. .\n(i in legard l(t wine being ( hea|)er or more plent\than 

 water, that may be so too. I have heard of its being used instead of 

 water. [Laughter.] 



