2,6 PRIZE GARDENING 



we tied up the vines to the wires, being careful to keep 

 them well spread in fan shape. April 17 we culti- 

 vated the vineyard with Planet Jr cultivator with small 

 teeth on, going" four times in each row. This left the 

 ground fine and mellow. 



Weeds were kept in check by cultivating and hoe- 

 ing. The vines made a splendid growth and a won- 

 derful setting of fruit. The weight of new wood and 

 fruit was such as to threaten breaking down the trellis. 

 On August II, with pruning shears, we cut back the 

 new wood to within ten inches of the last cluster. This 

 saved the vines, and how the clusters did grow ! In 

 twelve years' experience growing Worden grapes we 

 never saw vines carry such loads of fruit. Experts 

 estimated the crop on the vines at one and one-half 

 tons. A severe frost October 2 caught many of them 

 and we cut but two thousand four hundred and fifty- 

 five pounds. 



The Value of Labor in caring for the crops of this 

 good garden was one hundred and forty-seven dollars 

 and thirty cents, for preparing the products for market 

 and marketing same eighty-five dollars, manure nine- 

 teen dollars and forty cents, plants and seeds ten dol- 

 lars and nine cents, picking two thousand one hundred 

 quarts strawberries thirty-one dollars and fifty cents, 

 picking currants and raspberries six dollars and two 

 cents, incidental expenses one dollar and five cents, or 

 a total of three hundred dollars and thirty-six cents. 

 There was sold up to the time the report closed four 

 hundred and forty dollars and forty-nine cents worth 

 of fruits and vegetables, used in familv twenty-seven 

 dollars and seventy-six cents, and on hand one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-three cents. 

 or a total of five hundred and ninety-three dollars and 

 ninety-eight cents, leaving a profit above cost of two 

 hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty-two cents. 



