THE GRAPE VINE. 



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paper. The bunch is cut with rather more than an 

 inch of the -vine adhering to each side of its stem. A 

 piece of narrow tape is fastened to the piece of vine, 

 and passed through a hole near the top of the back 

 perpendicular board, and securely fastened there. To 

 keep the bunch firmly in its place, a piece of narrow 



FIG. 10. 



soft tape is worked with great care between the berries 

 near the middle of the bunch with a long needle, and 

 each end of the tape is passed through holes previously 

 prepared on each side of the main stem of the bunch 

 and tied underneath. The bunch is thus fixed so that 



