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sota i^lant with a reasonable expectation of success! The varie- 

 ties to be planted must be confined to those known as early, and 

 even then two divisions should be made. In localities having a 

 short growing season, that is, sections in which late frosts in the 

 spring and early frosts in the fall are liable to occur, plant the 

 Lady, Janesville and Moore's Early. The Lady is a pure Con- 

 cord seedling, having almost the vigor of its parent; early in 

 ripening, of good quality, greenish white in color, and especially 

 valuable in locations subject to late frosts in the spring, owing 

 to its buds being very late in starting, thereby often escaping 

 the loss of a crop. The Janesville is a very hardy, vigorous 

 black grape; prolific, and of poor quality. It begins to color 

 some time before it is ripe, and when fully ripe is as late as the 

 Moore's Early in some localities (that is, one to two weeks before 

 the Concord), yet, when viewed from the farmer's standpoint, the 

 Janesville for the beginner is safer when success is looked for 

 than the Moore's Early. The Moore's Early is said to ripen 

 from one to two weeks before the Concord, but experience proves 

 that like its parent, the Concord, it is very unreliable as to earli- 

 ness in ripening. Soil and location often renders it as late as the 

 Concord, and in such instances it would be too late for sections 

 where the Janesville would mature. Farmers should plant both 

 the Janesville and Moore's Early, and if the latter variety suc- 

 ceeds and ripens well, discard by taking out by the roots the 

 Janesville. The Moore's Early is a hardy black grape, of excel- 

 lent quality; generally lacking in vigor the first two or three 

 years after planting, but when once established grows very vig- 

 orously. In sections of the State where the seasons between 

 frosts is longer the list of varieties can be extended by the addi- 

 tion of the Delaware and Worden. The Delaware is a small red 

 grape of the very best quality, and too well known to need fur- 

 ther description. The Worden is from Concord seed, and may be 

 said to be an improved Concord, ripening a few days earlier 

 than its parent (less than a week), and is fast superseding the 

 Concord for home use or near market. No farmer needs to plant 

 both, and as the Worden is the better of the two, I have omitted 

 the Concord from the list. 



Second — What age should vines be when planted to succeed 

 the best? 



They should not be over two years old. Those generally 

 selected are either extra one year or extra two years old. An 

 extra one year vine is one that has made eighteen inches or more 



