iLclitors Letter Dox, 



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plant wood, such humbiiggory needs 

 to exposed. 



Yours, 



Jesse M. Wellborn. 



CoviMiTON P. O., Ga. 



[It makes no difference in propaga- 

 ting, whether the wood taken for pro- 

 pagating, be of one 3'oar old vines or 

 bearing vines, if it is strong cnoiKjli, 

 well ripened, and well preserved. These 

 are the three all important requisites. 

 If they are fulfilled, and the variety 

 propagates at all, it will make roots 

 if well managed. In fact^ wo prefer 

 the short jointed wood from 3'oung 

 plants if ripened thoroughl}' out-doors, 

 and at least one-fourth of an inch thick, 

 to any other for cuttings. Perhaps 

 the cuttings you mention, had been 

 exposed a great deal, and of course 

 thin, light wood dries out easier than 

 heavy canes. The first requisite in 

 keeping wood for propagating, is to 

 keep it fresh, and too many neglect 

 this. — Editor.] 



LoxE Jack, Mo., •lanuiivy 11th, ISTO 



Mr. IIusmann : 



I have in vines about four acres, 

 three of Concord and one of Xorton. 

 One acre bore last season. They rot- 

 ted some. My Xorton looks well for 

 the first j-ear. I have also a few 

 other varieties — Hartford, Clinton, 

 Herbemont, Ives, Delaware, Eulander 

 and Catawba. I have also a seedling 

 grown from seed which was brought 

 from Europe ten years ago. It fruited 

 last year. The fruit was about the 

 size and color of Catawba, but of bet- 

 ter quality. Perhaps your interest for 

 my short experience of onl}" four years 

 is small, so I will close. 



Yours truly, 



Isaac Martin. 



[We want all experience, no matter 

 of how short duration. Please let us 

 hear of that seedling again, also of 

 your other grapes. — Ed.] 



FiiEDERicK, Sciu'YLER County, III., i 

 January lath, 1870. S 



Mr. Geo. Husmann, Bluffton, Mo : 



Dear Sir — I bought of one man,, 

 last ftdl a 3^ear ago, six or seven 

 hundred Concord grape vines, and the 

 following Spring I got of another man 

 one thousand. Xow one of the par- 

 ties has swindled me. I think the 

 seven hundred lot is CataAvba. Is there 

 any way 1 can tell differently without 

 waiting until they fruit ? In the last 

 number of the Grape Culturist you 

 speak of a saving of one or two 3'ears 

 b}' the single eye system. I don't un- 

 derstand how that can be. Please an- 

 swer by letter. 



Y'ours trulj"^ 



Charles Farwell. 

 [We could tell you very casil}^ which 

 of the vines are Concord and which 

 not. But whether 3'ou will be able to 

 tell them apart, we do not know. The 

 Concord is a much stronger grower 

 than the Catawba, wood of a clearer 

 brown, leaves darker green above, and 

 more Avooly underneath. 



We did not imagine that any one 

 could take our satirical remarks on 

 the nonsense you refer to, for an in- 

 dorsement of the process. We intended 

 to hold it up to the ridicule it so rich- 

 ly deserves. — Editor.] 



Friekd Husmann : It was my inten- 

 tion to give you a mode of using up 

 the surplus of one and two yearling 

 vines, when such occurs ; but on seeing 

 the communication you copied from 

 some noted journal wherein a corre- 



