92 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



before the meeting closes. The next ou our program is ''Grow- 

 ing and I'riining Grapes" by G. W. Hliaver, of College View. 



GROWING AND I>RUNIN_G GRAPES. 



G. W. SHAVER^ COLLEGE VIEW. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen: 



In preparing my paper ou grapes I left out a great deal 

 expecting that you would ask me questions and bring out the 

 points you wanted to know about my manner of growing 

 grapes. There is one thing I would like to speak of before 

 I commence reading my paper and that is, this location is 

 favorable to gTapes. When you go a way north of here, as far 

 as they have to be covered in the winter, they fail in their 

 mode of covering because they simply put straw over them, 

 and in that wav thev start sooner than those that are left 

 uncovered, so finally we had to take first and bury them in 

 the dirt and let the dirt freeze hard and put some straw 

 over the dirt so that the frost wouldn't thaw out. That 

 means that you can hold them back, but if you cover them 

 with straw only they start sooner. They have a similar 

 trouble in the South. My own opinion is that this is one of 

 the best localities for growing grapes because they can be 

 left on the trellis all winter. They don't start as soon as 

 they do when they are laid down, and we have plenty of sun- 

 shine and moisture. With me, grape growing has been very 

 successful in a small way. 



Probably there isn't any fruit that is grown that is of any 

 more importance, if as much, as the grape. Going back to 

 the ancient times you will find in the Scriptures in Isaiah a 

 prophesy where the prophet speaks about growing grapes 

 even in the world to come. There he says : "They have built 

 houses and planted vineyards." A little further down when 

 he speaks of the spies they sent out, and the fruit brought 

 back, he says : "They brought back bunches of grapes." I 



