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first and second, and the second and 

 third, are two strings of galvanized 

 iron wii'e. 



The vines are ten feet apart. The 

 first vine is carried to the first slat (one 

 foot from the ground), and then an 

 arm is carried in opposite directions 

 along this slat, each being ten feet. 

 The second vine is carried up five feet 

 to the second slat, and then an arm is 

 carried in opposite directions, each ten 

 feet along this slat. The next or third 

 vine is carried along in a similar way 

 as the fii'st, and so on down the trellis. 

 During the first year from about every 

 other eye a cane is allowed to grow 

 upright ; in the autumn this is cut back 

 to two eyes. Next year both of these 

 eyes or buds are allowed to throw up a 

 cane, the upper one alone beai's fruit, 

 the lower one is to bear fruit the next 

 year. When pruning in the autumn, 

 the cane which has borne fruit is 

 entirely cut away, and the other cane 

 cut back to two eyes. 



I suppose all amateurs have to learn 

 from experience. Whether nursery- 

 men are a very sanguine class, or are 

 as blind as a doting mother over the 

 faults of her only child, it is difiicult 

 to say, but their enthusiastic descrip- 

 tions are so very tempting that the 

 reader or listener becomes, like Agrippa, 

 " almost pei'suaded," and very often 

 like Paul wanted Agrippa to be. 



Moore s Early was to be every- 

 thing that was to be desired in a grape — 

 large, early, good, «fec., ifec. I have had 

 one for over four years. This year it 

 fruited for the first time and had the 

 magnificent crop of a small bunch and 

 a half. The wood is not much thicker 

 than a pipe stem. On the whole I find 

 it a poor grower, unproductive, and not 

 at all extra early, and I intend to root 

 it up. 



The Lady is also a poor grower 

 and unproductive. The berry is a fair 



one to look upon, but the grape has a 

 decided disagreeable taste, difficult to 

 describe. J shall root it up too. 



Pocklington. — This, with me, has 

 also been a poor grower, the wood 

 thin and straggling. I have had a two 

 year old vine for four years, and have 

 about a half dozen bunches. It is no 

 better, if so good, as the Concord, and 

 is too late for this part of the country, 

 not being ripe on 5th October. 



The Martha is too poor a grape 

 to encourage, when much better white 

 ones are to be had. 



Jessica is a good grape in every 

 way, and I can safely advise every one 

 who has a few -vines, and wants a white 

 gi'ape. to put this in in preference to 

 the other white ones above mentioned. 

 It is a good grower, ripens the wood 

 well. The leaves are strong and healthy. 

 It is productive and early, and the fruit 

 is good. Last year it was the only one 

 which ripened with me. This year the 

 berries began to soften on the 17th 

 August, whilst the Pocklington was 

 hard on the 5th September. The 

 Jessica was ripe about the 18th Sep- 

 tem ber, and we have been picking them 

 up to the present time, but I notice 

 that they are better when picked shortly 

 after they are ripe. 



The Purity. — This is a white 

 grape sent out by Mr. Campbell, of 

 Delaware, Ohio. I put in a one-year 

 old vine three years ago this autumn, 

 and it has this year borne a few bunches, 

 and has made long strong wood. The 

 bunches are small, the berry about 

 the size of the Delaware, and of a clear 

 amber color, and in this respect has a 

 better appearance than the Jessica. 

 The flavor is fine and delicate. Tiie 

 wood and leaves are healthy and free 

 from mildew, and I think the fruit 

 ripens nearly as early as the Jessica. 

 So far I am in favoi- of this grape. 



The Elvira is another white grape. 



