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How to Plant 

 Grapes. 



RK.XXIK S AGRICUI/riTRI-:. 



l)c)tli ornaniental and useful. To ensure success the 

 cultivation and pruning must receive attention. 



Set out in the spring, selecting good, strong 

 vines. The soil must have been thoroughly cul- 

 tivated and subsoiled. Plant in rows eight feet 

 apart, and about sixteen feet in the row. Allow 

 grape vines to grow the first summer without prun- 

 ing. In the fall prune back, leaving three or four 



19. KANSAS BLACK CAP RASPBERRY. 



How to Train 

 Grapes. 



buds at the bottom. The following spring allow 

 only two of these shoots to grow, and in the fall 

 cut them back to about four feet. The following 

 spring these two shoots may be fastened horizontally 

 to the lower wire of the trellis. 



The uprights should be from ten to twelve inches 

 apart. In the fall the upright shoots should be cut 

 back to two or three buds, and only one of these 

 allowed to grow in the spring. In tying up grape 

 vines use some soft material, as tow or raffia. 



