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grapes into it. These are then dumped into a barrel, and are ready 

 for shipment. The cost of gathering by this method is from seven 

 to ten cents per bushel. 



YIELDS 



The yields to be expected from a Scuppernorig vineyard are, as 

 with other fruits, dependent in a great measure on the care given the 

 vines. After the vineyard is once established and the arbors con- 

 structed, the vines will probably yield a paying crop every year for 

 ten or fifteen years even though absolutely neglected. With proper 

 care, however, keeping the dead wood pulled out and sufficient fer- 

 tility added each year to make up for that used by the season's growth, 

 they will yield very large returns. For fear those who are not 

 familiar with the grape and its yield may doubt our veracity, we 

 are not giving estimated yields per acre, but are quoting from dis- 

 interested authorities. 



In Gardening in the South, Wm. N". White, speaking of the Scup- 

 pernong, says: "It rarely, if ever, fails to produce a heavy crop. 

 We have never known it to fail. * * * It will produce a 

 greater weight of fruit than any other variety in the world. Vines, 

 six years transplanted, have this year given us an average of three 

 bushels to the vine, and we shall be disappointed if they do not 

 double every year for many years in the future. We are credibly 

 informed that a vine of this variety is growing near Mobile which 

 has produced two hundred and fifty bushels of grapes in a year, and 

 we know that vines ten years old have given, and will give, thirty 

 bushels per vine." 



The following is an extract from a letter by Geo. C. Husmann, 

 Pomologist, in charge of Grape Investigations for the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



"Xo authentic figures regarding its yield are available, although 

 large returns are often obtained. It is claimed that young vines, 

 properly grown and cared for, can be expected to yield three bushels 

 to the vine, when five years old, after which the yield should gradu- 

 ally increase as the vines grow older and stronger, provided proper 

 care is taken of them." 



