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Marlboro' or Newburgh, in the shipping season, he would be 

 simply astonished. He will find twenty tons, and more, going 

 to New York in a single night. 



Well, as I remarked, they use the Kniffen system exclu- 

 sively for growing the Concord. I think all of them adopt 

 that. On the other hand, for the Delaware, they adopt an 

 entirely different plan. Mr. Holmes, at Little Hope, near 

 Newburgh, who has probably the best Delaware vineyard on 

 the Hudson, — at all events, the best I have seen, — cuts away 

 everything to within six inches of the ground, except one new 

 cane, and that up six feet high. The laterals of that new 

 cane are trained off each way, perhaps two feet and a half. 

 He sold his Delaware grapes this year, in New York, at from 

 eighteen to twenty-five cents a pound, wholesale, where the 

 Concords were bringing from two and a half to three cents. 

 But he only raised about half the amount per vine that he got 

 from his Concords. He calculated to get from his Concord 

 vines about twenty pounds of choice fruit to a vine, and 

 from his Delawares about ten pounds. But they were won- 

 derfully choice, and, as I remarked before, for a considerable 

 portion of his Delaware grapes he got twenty-five cents a 

 pound. He feels greatly encouraged in raising Delaware 

 grapes at that price. 



The yield from some of their best vineyards on the Hudson 

 river has been reported as being six tons to the acre, on land 

 upon sopae of which you would hardly venture to plant corn. 

 I found that Mr. Holmes's (and several others have imitated 

 him) had but one arm, about six feet long, and that is trained 

 up vertically. 



Mr. Blot. What time do they pinch back the laterals ? 



Mr. Augur. That is done in summer, after the fruit is 

 set. 



Mr. Blot. For the Delawares, as well as the others ? 



Mr. Augur. Yes. 



Mr. Blot. How far do they allow the laterals to grow 

 before they pinch them ? 



