582 now TO make the x^'arm pay. ' 



bottom, put in a sheet oil thin white paper or a lajer of grape 

 leaves ; pack iu whole bunches of grapes, as closely as possible 

 without jamming them or rubbing off the bloom ; fill up the 

 vacant places with parts of bunches, and, lastly, with single 

 grapes, until the whole space is filled ; then put on another 

 layer of paper or leaves, and continue the layers until the box 

 is filled. 



The art of keeping grapes is just beginning to be understood 

 in this countr}'-, and we are just learning what varieties will 

 keep. For this purpose they must be thoroughly ripe, care- 

 fully gathered, all unripe, imperfect, or decayed berries picked 

 out, spread out on a dry floor or shelves for a few days, and 

 then packed in boxes, with paper between the layers. The 

 bunches should not be allowed to touch each other. They 

 should be put away in a cool room. The lids of the boxes may 

 be left up a little, until it gets too cool. In this way some of 

 our grapes may be kept until spring, when their greatly in- 

 creased price will repay the trouble of preservation. A warm, 

 damp atmosphere will spoil the grape, however carefully 

 packed. 



The Garden Culture of the grape requires some modifica- 

 tions of the foregoing rules, but in all its essential principles is 

 the same. There are but few gardens in either city or country 

 where there may not be found a sunny spot large enough to 

 accommodate a few vines ; and when the owner gets a grape : 

 that suits him, he can reproduce, modify, and cultivate to suit! 

 himself. The first requisite here, as before, is drainage. If it 

 cannot be obtained by draining the garden or yard into a sewer,] 

 dig a trench with one end two feet deep and a gradual descent] 

 to the other end, into which should be thrown broken bricks,! 

 rrockery, or stones, to facilitate the drainage. Fill this trench 

 with a mixture of the original soil, old manure, leaves if poa- 



