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grow, as they have a great many green ones in the bnnches. The 

 Concord will only keep about ten days after it is picked. 



DISCUSSION CONTINUED. 



Mr. Gilpatrick said the Eogers No. 4 must be well cultivated 

 or it will not bear good. 



Mr. Northrup inquired when the grapevine was in its maturity. 



Mr. Harris said from six to twelve years. 



Mr. Northrup asked what was the lifetime of a grapevine. 



Mr. Harris. If renewed occasionally, perhaps one hundred 

 years. We have none here as old as that, of course, but it is 

 claimed that they will endure for a hundred years. But the best 

 in the vineyard are the four-year-old ones. 



Mr. Gilpatrick said he had vines that he set out twenty-two 

 years ago, and they had borne every year. He trimmed them 

 back a little every year. 



Mr. Harris. I believe in dropping vines down on the ground 

 and covering them enough to protect them in the winter. Dirt 

 is good to cover them with, but cornstalks are the best thing 

 that can be had. I never had vines injured by mice, but I keep 

 two or three cats on the i)lace, and frequently take an oyster can 

 with one end cut off, and put meal with strychnine in it, and put 

 them out in the field, and put a little brush over it, and the mice 

 will feed on that, and they don't want anything else. 



Mr. Pearce. It is almost the universal practice in this cli- 

 mate to bury grapevines in the winter with earth. I have tried 

 blackberry bushes by putting them flat down with a weight, and 

 they winter without any protection. I can take a rosebush and 

 lay it flat on the ground, without cover, and winter it perfectly. 

 It is better, I think, to throw a little earth on them. 



VARIETIES RECOMMENDED. 



The Concord was recommended for general cultivation with 

 moist, warm soil and southern exposure, or in quick sandy loam. 



For the same soil with high cultivation, the Delaware was rec- 

 ommended. 



Moore's Early was recommended for planting on any good corn 

 soil. 



Rogers Nos. 4 and 15 were recommended in limited quantities 

 with high cultivation. 



For trial, the Early Victor, Brighton and Duchess were rec- 

 ommended. 



