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MARKETING. 



Grapes are usually disposed of, to the best advantage,, 

 by marketing as soon as they are well ripened. 



Moore's Early and Winchell should be disposed of as 

 soon as suitable as the fir^ is liable to have the fruit shell off 

 and the other loses tone. 



The package should be such as suits the market where 

 they are sold. 



I use an 8 quart diamond basket, which holds from 10 

 to 12 pounds. 



The smaller bunches can be picked before they are quite 

 ripe and sold for preserving. In local markets there is oft^n 

 considerable call for grapes for that use. 



The market could use many more local grown grapes if 

 there was some good Avay to get them to the consumer at 

 approximately the price the grower usually gets for them. 



]\Iost varieties of grapes can be kept for a limited time 

 by putting them in shoe boxes, or some air-tight packages, 

 one layer deep, and keeping them in a cool place. 



I usually begin selling in August and my crop is gener- 

 ally all marketed by the 20th of September. I have had no 

 loss from fall frosts since 1893. 



The grape vine lends itself very well to training on the 

 side of buildings, or over arbors, making an ornamental 

 \ine. There is many a sheltered nook about buildings or 

 yard where a few vines might be grown. It is always well 

 to keep one's family well supplied with choice fruit. 



