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pruning may be taught to pupils. Others will be taken home by 

 pupils and planted and cared for by them. The various kinds 

 of trellises may be made for the grapes in the school-garden. 

 Insects and other injurious animals and fungi will need to be 

 studied with a view of protecting the vineyard against harm from 

 them. This will lead to a study of the matter of spraying grapes. 



As the vines begin to bear the girls will want to learn various 

 ways of serving fresh grapes on the table. They will want to 

 learn how to make grape jelly, unfermented grape juice, and how 

 to preserve them in various ways either alone or with other fruits. 

 It may be well to know how to make wine. The matter of cold 

 storage and other methods of extending the season of the grape 

 makes an interesting subject of study. The boys will want to 

 investigate ways of putting fresh grapes on the market. They 

 will find it an interesting problem to estimate the yield per acre 

 and the profits from the same. The profits from other fruits and 

 farm crops should be estimated and comparisons made. This will 

 lead to thoughtful farming and gardening. 



The school vineyard might be a sort of experimental vineyard 

 for the whole community. From time to time new varieties 

 will be introduced and their merits discovered, if they have any. 

 If they are a success new plants will be propagated from them and 

 in this way better grapes will find their way into the home vine- 

 yards of the community. Something may be done along the 

 line of raising new varieties from seeds which will introduce pupils 

 into a field of study that has great possibilities. At this point it 

 may be well to suggest the importance of going beyond the parti- 

 cular to the general. For instance, while the pruning of the 

 grape is being considered the broader subject of pruning and the 

 principles underlying pruning should be grasped. While studying 

 spraying of the grape pupils should get something more that will 

 guide them in the spraying of other plants. In the same way 

 they should learn more than the propagation of the grape while 

 they are planting the cuttings from the grape. It is the discovery 

 of the general in the particular that makes our teaching worth 

 while. This leads our pupils to grow in strength. It will tend to 

 make them resourceful when surrounded by new conditions. 



What has been said about the grape is typical of what might be 

 said of many of our common fruits with a view of indicating how 

 such subjects may be handled in our schools so as to enlist the 



