GRAPES. if fal 
Mr. Leach: No, I mean on the north and west sides. If you 
have north and west protection you will find the place dis- 
tinctly warmer. 
Mr. Wedge: If your lake is to the west, would it be desirable 
to put the protection there? 
Mr. Leach: The lake is on the east; if it was on the west I 
would not need the protection. 
Mr. Wedge: You would not think it desirable to have it pro- 
tected on the lake side? 
Mr. Leach: No, I do not think it would be desirable; I don’t 
think it would be necessary. 
Mr. Wedge: Were those poplars you spoke of set out with a 
view to protecting the vineyard? 
Mr. Leach: No, the protection my vineyard has was not set 
out for the purpose of protecting it. I never had a vineyard 
that did not have protection from the north and west. I think 
I have as good a vineyard as any vineyard in the country, but 
perhaps I have given it more attention than other people do, 
that being my principal business—to look after my fruit and 
vines, and I ought to know pretty well by this time how to take 
care of them. Perhaps, that is one reason why I get such good 
crops. 
Mr. Pearce: I want to speak a word in regard to protection 
from winds. I have grapes in all kinds of positions to experi- 
ment on in regard to windbreaks. On the west I have a heavy 
growth of very heavy timber. I have three rows of grapes 
twenty rods long. Forty rods east of that I have the same 
number of vines, and they are clear away from the timber, 
' windbreaks and everything else. I have another plantation on 
the south side of a hill; there is no timber within thirty rods of 
it. I will say this, that those rows on the west part of my vine- 
yard nearest to the grove are always much later than they are 
in either of those other places, at least ten days later. Those 
that are growing where they have the wind from all directions 
are at least five days earlier than any other. I have also noticed 
this, that when the wind blows the grapes ripen much faster 
than when it does not blow. When we have no wind—I have 
watched my grapes very carefully—there seems to be no ripen- 
ing at all, but when the wind blows a good, stiff breeze every- 
thing jumps; and I have arrived at this conclusion, that it is 
much better to have no windbreak around your vineyard at all. 
Mr. Phillips (Wisconsin): When the wind blows almost like 
a hurricane does it have a good broad sweep over your place? 
