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hills of Southern Ohio are specially adapted to this fruity but'Cin- 

 cinnati gets her grapes from the shores of Lake Erie. All over 

 the South the vine is at home, yet New Orleans sends to New 

 York for grapes. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio, has the meanest 

 place in the country to raise grapes, but he has splendid success. 



Dr. Buckley in his travels found a noted vineyard where the 

 vines are planted in baskets and fastened to a bare rock six or seven 

 hundred feet high. Here we simply remark that would do in a 

 country that stands up edgewise and where labor is cheap and de- 

 grading ; but where labor is remunerated, as it is and will be for 

 many years .yet to come in this country, that kind of situations and 

 that amount of labor are not sought after. After telling where 

 and how to plant, Mr. 0. remarks on distance apart ; vines may be 

 set three feet apart and kept bearing. Thirteen years ago he planted 

 a lot of vines in a row thirteen inches apart and two in a place. 

 The second year he allowed one in each place to bear a large crop 

 and then cut it away in the fall. 



These vines have remained in good condition ever since 

 although as much fruit miglit have been produced if they had been 

 tliinned to five feet apart at first, and then to ten. He cautiously 

 remarks, however, that the above is given to show what may be 

 done and not what should be done, and continues : My experience 

 leads me to believe that a vine is more likely to continue in health 

 if it is allowed to increase in size. In nearly every instance a 

 thinning of the vines has been followed by satisfactory results. 

 One grower who has thinned to fifteen feet apart claims to have 

 found the best distance. For a vineyard I would plant eight feet 

 apart, and in a town lot I would plant wherever I could find room. 

 The choice of varieties, soil and its preparation, etc., are treated, 

 and as to fertilizers, Mr. C. says barnyard manure is first, and after 

 that bone-dust and ashes, and recommends that they be applied in 

 the fall after the fruit is gathered. Some summer pruning he 

 thinks necessary, no matter how much science and skill may have 

 been exercised in the spring pruning. Some eyes will start out 

 sooner than others, and unless pinched off early will take too much 

 sap, leaving other parts of the vine in a starving condition. 



THE MOORE's (4 rape. 



The originator imposed upon this grape the name of Moore's 

 Early : but, in accordance with the spirit of the rules of pomology, 

 adopted a year since by the American Pomological Society, we drop 

 the redundant word, and designate it simply by its distinctive 

 name — that of the originator. 



