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manner as the 350 before mentioned, except that the holes 

 were made but ten inches deep and the crown placed within 

 two inches of the surface. 649 lived, and nearly all made ripe 

 wood that season, so that all the Rogers (35 of each kind), and 

 nearly all the Delawares (250), bore and ripened fruit in '70 — 

 from one to six clusters to the vine, and some of them, espec- 

 ially the No. 15, were very fine clusters. My vines, except on 

 the terraces and Dr. Grant's border, are eight feet apart each 

 way. 



In the spring of '70 I changed stakes for trellis. The trellis 

 is made by driving posts 2^- feet into the ground, half way 

 between the vines north and south, and a little above them 

 east and west. Upon these are nailed bars 16 feet long, 1x1^ 

 size, and 4 feet apart, and laths upon these, 20 to the vine. I 

 found it more convenient and expeditious to nail the lath on 

 to the bars first and then put them up. The sudden snow of 

 1869 having prevented my pruning that fall, I waited until 

 the leaves were well started in June, then pruned them as they 

 were tied upon the trellis. In training I aim to adopt the 

 arm system ; but while growing and training the arms, I allow 

 from one to three other canes to grow, and spread them upon 

 the trellis in the shape of a fan, intending to cut them entirely 

 away as soon as the arms are strong enough to cover the trellis. 



All of my yines made a vigorous growth last season and 

 ripened their wood fully. All those that bore little or no fruit 

 have apparently caught up with the others, and bid fair to 

 equal them in this season's crop. The 649 set in the spring of 

 1869 have met with no accident, and are much larger than the 

 others even at their age. Of this lot the Delawares were from 

 layers, the others from single buds, and all one year old. The 

 Rogers' Hybrids have made the strongest growth, and the 

 Adirondacks the weakest. I leave my vines tied to the stakes 

 and trellis all winter. 



From my experience, so far, I am of the opinion : 



1st. That strong, healthy one-year-old vines are the best to 

 plant. 



