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GARDENING. 



Dec. 



The Fruit Garden. 



OUT-DOOR GRAPES. 



A verbal inquiry by a friend as to the 

 best way to prune his grape vines at this 

 season of the year, leads me to say a few 

 words on tne subject of pruning, which I 

 hope will benefit some of your readers. I 

 found my friend had been in the habit of 

 cutting out a great deal of young wood 

 from his vines on the general principle 

 that more air and light were wanted by 

 his vines, and he had, I think, weakened 

 them bv cutting out perhaps one half of 

 the growing shoots. 



Grapes do not want much pruning in 

 summer if the work has been well done in 

 the winter. It is certainly an advantage 

 to the fruit to pinch off the shoot at two 

 or three leaves above the bunch. The 

 berries will be much larger than if the 

 shoot be let grow as it will. After this 

 pinching off the dormant eyes on the 

 shoot will push out, and these, in turn, 

 must be pinched oft" say to leave but one 

 shoot. How much thispinching off helps 

 the bunches is shown in the great size the 

 leaves that are left attain, and it may be 

 inferred that the berries, too, are receiv- 

 ing a share of the benefit, as indeed they 

 are. 



Where too many new shoots have 

 formed, those not wanted should be 

 removed. Try to let those remain that 

 are nearest the ground, as there is a ten- 

 dencv in all vines to make new growth 

 well away trom the ground, and this is 

 not what a fruit grower wants. It is 

 well to have some new shoots every year, 

 even when grapes are grown on the spur 

 system. It is from the wood of the past 

 season that fruit comes, and this must be 

 kept in mind when pruning. 



In addition to core pruning at this sea- 

 son there must be spraying done to keep 

 the foliage healthy and to destroy mildew 

 on the leaves. Many persons spray be- 

 fore this date, to prevent the starting of 

 fungous spores. The bunches may be pre- 

 served bv bagging them as soon as 

 formed, and this system is largely fol- 

 lowed in localities where damage to foli- 

 age rarely occurs. Bordeaux mixture is 

 the preparation used. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 



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