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Bagging grapes is rather a tedious work. It has to be done long before the 

 fungus is visible by the naked eye or by the microscope, and it will answer only on 

 a small scale, though whoever may practice that must apply the remedies recom- 

 mended for blast, rot or mildew, for a healthy leaf is the main thing for the de- 

 velopment of fruit in ripening and for quality, even if enclosed in bags. 



Humble yourselves under the will of Him from whom all blessings flow, and 

 rest contented in the shade of your vines. 



On my eight-acre lot, within the limits of the city of Boonville, is about one 

 acre of land, which has been used for the production of garden truck ; all the other 

 is in fruit trees, grapes, berries, rhubarb and asparagus. It is well situated for 

 grapes, and is now prepared for next spring's planting. I intend, if life and health 

 are spared, to plant all of it with grape-vines, and I am thinking to set out 300 of 

 Munson's G. W. Cample, 300 of Mr. Burr's Ideal, 300 Paragon, and the rest, about 

 100 of Dr. Fayman's Ozark ; provided 1 am able to get one-year-old good aad well- 

 rooted plants at a price to suit a poor man's funds ; and if not, the whole shall go 

 In Elvira vine?, on which to graft, afcer they are well established, such kinds as 

 mentioned afore. Besides, do I intend to plant along the rows, at a suitable dis- 

 tance, pear trees, which will serve in a short time a support for the wires, and I 

 shall select such varieties as Kiefer, Garber, Bartlett and Duchess. What is your 

 opinion ? 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Geiger — Wire trellis does no harm. I intend to plant six or 

 eight acres in grapes, and to plant Keiffer and Garber pear trees for 

 posts. 



Espenlaub, Goodman and Miller said the Jewell grape is a poor 

 grower, worse than the Delaware. 



Henry Schnell — How do you apply calomel to prevent pear-blight ? 



Mr. Geiger — Cut the bark as for inserting a bud, put the calomel 

 in a tube and blow into the cut. 



C. H. Loomis — Can you graft the ta ne grape into the wild ? 



S. Miller — It is all right if you can get it to grow. 



Mr. Kaiser — What variety makes a good stock into which to graft 

 weak-growing kinds ? 



Mr. Geiger — Elvira is a good one. 



S. Miller — Ives is said to be the best of all. 



President Porter — I have been very successful in grafting wild 

 vines. I dig out the main stem of the wild vine, leaving only the 

 roots. Graft upon the ends of these roots in the fall or very early in 

 the spring. Nine out of ten will grow. The next fall dig up the vines 

 and you will have good vines. 



S. Miller — I did that way twenty years ago. In the old stem it is 

 very difficult to get grafts to grow. 



Mr. Espenlaub— Why not plant Concord, Elvira or other strong- 

 growing kinds in nursery rows for grafting? They will make better 

 roots than the wild vines. 



