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wine company here soon, if we can in- 

 duce the people to raise the grape. 

 Respectfully yours, 



E. A. IIegeman. 



1'. S. — I wish souie da}' you wo.ild 

 tell us through your valuable journal 

 how to prune and set your grape vines, 

 ditftient kinds, and the distance apart. 



E. A. H. 



[You will fnid instructions how to 

 plant in the March number, in "Work 

 for the Month." We plant all the 

 most rampant growing varieties — Con- 

 cord, Ilerbemont, Hartford, Ives, Cun- 

 ningham, Clinton, Taylor, N. Carolina 

 Seedling, Rogers No. 1 (Ga4he) — ten 

 feet apart in the rows ; the Norton, 

 Cyntliiana, Rulander, ]iOusi>ina, etc., 

 eight feet apart ; the Delaware, Cataw- 

 ba, Cassady, Creveling, Alvey, and 

 other slow growers, six feet apart. The 

 rows we make six feet apart for aU the 

 varieties. 



Any inforiiiation which our rea lers 

 may want and we an- able to give, let 

 them ask for it, ami they will meet with 

 a i»rompt response in the •' Letter 

 IJox."]— Ei). 



nilO<TO.\, ( llAlTAiguA Co X. Y , ) 



March, •>:i, ISG'.). i 



Dear Sir : Ii would be a great assist- 

 ance to young grape growers if you 

 would give them the benefit of your 

 experience in regard to the best and 

 cheapest material for tying vines. What 

 are the merits of the willow in this re- 

 spect? and if you think well of it, what 

 is the best method of cultivating it for 

 the purpose ? 



Yours truly, 



Loiii'UAXr. 



j The best material for tying vines in 



spring, are the small twigs of the wil- 

 low, and of all the varieties we know, 

 the Golden Willow {Salix Aurea) is 

 the best, asitwillmake an abundau'-e of 

 small, very tiexible branches. It will 

 grow on almost any good soil. Make 

 cuttings of the larger branches in Marc'i 

 or February, and plant perpen licular, 

 leaving one or two eyes above the 

 ground, in rows four feet apirt, and a 

 foot apart in the rovvs. These ntiAy be 

 cut back close to the crown every 

 winter, leaving a few eyes of the young 

 growth. Cut in bad weather in the house 

 and tie in convenient bundles, to carry 

 in a be' t or rag when tying; the bun- 

 dles may be nude one or two inches 

 thick. They make til ^ easiest and most 

 durable ties, twisted in a so-called "gar- 

 deners knot." For tying of the young 

 shoots in summer, pawpaw bark or rye 

 straw is the most convenient material. 

 They should be tied very loosely, to 

 keep them from chafing against the 

 wires, and to give the young ( ane and 

 the foliage ample space and air.] — Ed. 



F. Will, Hopewell Furnace, Was/i- 

 ington County Mo. — The best press for 

 a crop not exceeding six thousand gal- 

 lons of wine, is the Belleville Tress, of 

 Geiss & BroscLis, Belleville, 111. We 

 have used it for five years, to our entire 

 satisfaction, and have found no other 

 yet, which so well combines d irability 

 and simplicity with tasy operation, 

 and at the same time presses so thor- 

 oughly quick and dry. Four men can 

 carry it tasily, and put it up anywhere. 

 The price, as near as we know, is $45.00. 

 The mill accompanying it, and which is 

 an excellent apparatus for cider and wine 

 making, costs the same ; but each can 

 be purchase 1 separately. — V.n. 



