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nnd will hang' on the vine much longer. Only perfect hunches should 

 he hagged, the rest pulled off. Use one or two pound hags, such as gro- 

 cerymcn use, slip them over the cluster, fold ahout the stem carefully and 

 fasten with twine, wire or pins. I prefer using pins. 



As to varieties, I prefer Concord first among the hlack grapes, then 

 Moore's Early, Worden and Cottage. Moore's Early is very fine, large 

 bunch and berry, but the vine is not a very strong grower. Worden 

 is larger than Concord in bunch and berry and of better quality, but if 

 the vine is not closely pruned will not ripen perfectly. It also cracks in 

 rainy weather. Cottage is a good early grape vine, a very strong grower 

 and productive. Ives is a good grape, one of the earliest, and seldom 

 rots. I believe it will stand neglect better than any other grape. Norton 

 is fine, so is Wilder, but the buds of Wilder are not very hardy. Carman, 

 one of Munson's post oak grapes, does well wdth me. It is not of very 

 good quality, but the bunch is very large and the berries set very close 

 together. 



Of red grapes, Wyoming is good. It seems to prefer red clay soil. 

 On such land it will often have five bunches to a branch. Woodruff 

 Red and Lutie are very fine in appearance, but not so good in quality. 

 Both are strong growers and hardy. Delaware is the best quality of the 

 reds. Brighton is nearly as good. Planted among other varieties, it has a 

 very fine bunch, but it must be pruned closely and given good care. Bril- 

 liant is not very hardy and in quality not quite as good as Brighton. 

 1 also have the Jefferson, but it is a very poor grower, not half as strong 

 as Delaware. 



Of the white grapes Niagara is pretty hard to beat. Diamond is 

 better in quality, has a larger bunch, but is not as productive. Pock- 

 lington is not worth planting with me. Elvira is good, but cracks very 

 badly in wet weather. Green Mountain is the best of them all in quality ; 

 ripens early and is a fairly good grower. 



GRAPE GROWING FOR PROFIT. 



(By Asa Chandler, Randolph, Mo.) 



Grape growing is as old as the history of the human race. Much 

 has been written, consequently little is left to hz said. Fruit growing 

 is both a science and an art. The subject must be constantly rehearsed 

 to become familar with it. An intelligent knowledge of any subject is 

 necessary to success. 



Especially is this true with grape growing. In every well ordered 



