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a post lour or five inches in diameter, and secured by a four or six- 

 penny nail. Tlie vines are twisted in such a manner that one or two 

 nails holds them securely. This method of training has the advantage 

 of cheapness. It requires little labor, no wires or boards, and no large 

 and expensive posts. In large vineyards the outlay for twine for tying 

 vines to trellises is considerable. This method is exceedingly expedi- 

 tious. It renders cultivation much more easy also. Vines trained in 

 this manner are easily laid down for winter protection. In this north- 

 ern climate it is important that pruning be done in spring, as by that 

 means all winter killed wood is removed without extra labor. The 

 best and most productive vineyards that I have seen in Michigan are 

 upon light, sandy soils, even very poor soils. Growth is not large, bat 

 it ripens well ; fruit buds are formed in abundance, 



GRAPE KOT. 



Who can estimate the value of a remedy for grape rot ? 



At the late meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, F. C 

 Miller, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, reported that no rot had appeared 

 in his vineyard for three years, although grapes had rotted in his neigh- 

 borhood, xlll he does to prevent it is to sow about a quart of copperas 

 to the square rod early in the summer. 



At the same meeting, Geo. W. Campbell read a paper showing 



•that a solution of sulphate of copper and lime sprinkled on the foliage 



had prevented grape rot and mildew in France. One of the professors in 



the State University told me that neither the iron nor the copper 



would do any good, but that it must be the sulphuric acid. 



M. Crawford. 



SOME GRAPE MISCOXCEPTIONS. 



Messrs. Bush <S: Son & Meissonier, the well-known Missouri vine- 

 yardists. send to the Prarie Farmer this clipping from a prominent 

 paper of that State : 



'•It is reported in the East that AustroHungarian grape growers 

 are importing American vines to replace their plants destroyed by the 

 oidium. European and American agricultural papers have for the last 

 few years claimed that the American grape vine is so robust that it 

 defies both the oidium and the phylloxera. As a matter of every-day 

 fact, no grapes are at present procurable for the St. Louis market, 

 owing to the ravages of the oidium, which destroyed almost the entire 

 crop of the year.'" 



