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2d. That here, where the ground does not freeze in winter, 

 it is better to set the crown of the roots near the surface. 



3d. That when the vine is young one or more is often lost 

 by very slight mistakes. 



4th. That where the vines are what they should be when 

 received from the grower, and are carefully and properly 

 attended, an abundance of fruit may be had the tliird year 

 after planting. 



5th. That when trellis is used, varieties should be planted 

 not less than 12 feet apart in the row. 



As to the kinds, it would be unjust, from the experience here 

 given, to condemn any of the four varieties planted in the fall 

 of 1866. 



The 21 Delawares and the 11 Israellas were all that came 

 through to three years old without any accident, and they have 

 made a good record, while the Delawares on the lower plat, 

 that were cut by frost the first spring, have done no better 

 than the Concords that were injured by the drouth, or the 

 lonas that were overtaken and injured by the sudden winter of 

 1869 ; and the Israellas, in the Concord plat, have not done as 

 well as the Concords. 



Had I set the lower plat entirely to lonas, the Concord plat 

 entirely to Concords and Israellas, and the terraces entirely to 

 DelaAvares, I should, undoubtedly, have condemned all but the 

 Delawares, and would have been as enthusiastic in praise of 

 the lona or Concord; and I fear it is some such unfavorable 

 comparisons that makes such a wide difference in individual 

 opinions. 



One person, perhaps, commences his first investigation of 

 the subject by reading Dr. Grant's Manual of the Vine, and 

 closes the volume with the impression that the lona, Delaware, 

 and Diana are about the only grapes fit to cultivate. He next 

 gets a copy of Peter B. Meall's partisan work on the vines, and 

 by the time he gets through with that, he is thoroughly con- 

 vinced that the lona and Delaware are the grapes, and that 



