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printer's ink. The only thing to be guarded against is that, 

 unless you are very watchful, they will sometimes bridge the 

 strip of paper and a few will get over. But if you are careful 

 (and of course vigilance here, as elsewhere, is the price of 

 safety), you may protect your trees in this way. You must 

 look out that they do not get over in any large numbers. 

 Apples can be grown in large quantities, in spite of canker- 

 worms and all these other insects. 



Mr. Moore. I will endeavor not to occupy much of your 

 time, and will simply talk a few moments about some of the 

 fruits. 



I have been growing grapes for quite a number of years. I 

 have now five acres. I find no difficulty in growing them. 

 Of course, you must comply with the conditions named by 

 friend Hyde. First, you must have a good soil and a good 

 location. The soil to grow grapes in Massachusetts should be, 

 of the two, rather light. That is, the grape wants a warm 

 soil, and heavy soils are not generally warm. A southerly or 

 south-easterly exposure is probably the best. Select a slight 

 slope, where no water will stand, and where you will get more 

 heat from the rays of the sun. In such a location as that, there 

 cannot be any difficulty in growing grapes in Massachusetts ; 

 certainly, I do not have any trouble upon my land. I regard 

 it as the surest crop of all the large fruits, — calling the berries the 

 smaller fruits. The grape is less troubled by insects than any 

 other crop. The principal trouble you will have from insects 

 will be from the rose-bug. That pest you can get under after 

 a little while, by picking them off. They come into my field 

 from the west side usually, with a warm wind. I generally 

 pick them off of the first row, and they will trouble me for 

 about a week. Years ago, I would pick off a bushel of them, 

 but now I have got them under, so that I do not have much 

 trouble with them. 



Now, in regard to the planting and cultivation. The grape 

 does not, in Massachusetts — the strong growing kinds at least 

 — require a very rich soil. A soil that is sufficiently rich to 

 gn w forty bushels of corn to the acre, is rich enough to grow 

 grapes like the Concord, the Diana, the Hartford, and the 

 Rogers, — the Rogers being even a stronger grower than most of 

 the other kinds. I have found it .mpossible to grow the Diana 



