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Our oldest trees grown on this plan have been nine years 

 planted, the diameter of the prostrate trunks averaging- about 

 four inches. The first full crop was taken off two years ago ; 

 there was promise of a fine crop last year but the late frost 

 blasted our expectations. 



It takes five minutes to lay a tree down in the fall and the 

 same time in the spring- to raise it up again and tie to a stake. 



A Russian variety named Shubianca 6 of the Bush 

 Morello family is apparently hardy enoug-h without any pro- 

 tection. It appears to be rather a shy bearer, having- given 

 only as yet a few specimens of fruit ; the same will apply to 

 the Ostheim and Bessarabian varieties. 



GRAPES. 



Eight years ago I planted my first grape vines ; the vari- 

 eties were Moore's Early, and Wyoming red. The latter was 

 dead, root and branch, the following spring. Moore's early, 

 on the other hand, has grown vigorously and carried over 

 one hundred fine bunches of fruit in 1896. About half of 

 these bunches ripened fairly well; the balance failed to ripen, 

 although it is but fair to state that the location in which 

 they were grown was too much shaded to encourage early 

 ripening ; had the vines been trained on a southern wall a 

 larger percentage of the fruit would have matured. I don't 

 think it is advisable to plant any variety of grapes with later 

 ripening qualities than Moore's early. If an earlier ripening 

 variety can be got, give it the preference. None of the other 

 four varieties have carried any fruit yet, so their merits can- 

 not be discussed. 



This brings us to the end of the list of fruits that we 

 consider as being unsuited and impossible to grow here with 

 any great degree of success. 



It will be readily seen from the above that I have hit 

 little and missed much, and even that little will be missed 

 unless certain conditions are complied with. The first is a 

 favorable location, without which I am confident that even the 

 smallest amount of success will not reward our efforts, A 



