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The Grape Culturist, 



"\ve are unable to present to our read- 

 ers any part of their discussions, as 

 well as of similar associations at the 

 East, but if the secretaries of grape 

 growers associations see fit to ignore 

 the existence of the only journal in 

 the country devoted exclusively to 

 the grape interest, they cannot blame 

 us if we are months behind other 

 journals to which they send their dis- 

 cussions. If they will also send them 

 to us, we will bring them out as 

 soon as any other horticultural mag- 

 azine. 



We concur with 3-ou that long prun- 



ing and rubbing out and pinching off 

 the imperfect and superfluous shoots 

 and fruit as thej' appear, very early in 

 the season, is by far preferable to any 

 other mi^'viiod wo have tried ; we have 

 advocated this long ago and are more 

 convinced of its utility every season. 

 But we doubt the practical utilit}' 

 of root pruning. It is a very laborious 

 and tedious process, and does not to 

 us seem at all necessar}'. Wo have 

 found no difficulty with the training 

 above mentioned, to keep our vines 

 hoalthy and productive for any length 

 of time. — Editor.] 



From a Peoria Paper, 



PEORIA GRAPE GJIOWING. 



At the grape growers' association 

 yesterday, we took pains to get as 

 near an approximation as possible to 

 the number of vines undor cultivation 

 in the county. We believe that the 

 estimate is below, rather than above 

 the actual number. We place them 

 at the followino- fip-ures : 



Strehlow .MMK) 



Streibich HOIH) 



Kruse -lom 



Scherabs 80(1 



Pfeifier lOOO 



Kneer 1300 



Moninghoff. GOO 



Chase GOO 



Kellerstrasse isoo 



Lammers 1500 



Schnebley 500 



Loucks 5000 



Wood 500 



Krler 500 



Rohmann (iOO 



Minsenmej^er 500 



]iock (Sweets) 5000 



K'anne GOO 



.Miller 1800 



Seibold 500 



Weber 800 



Dlstler 1800 



Puelt'. 5000 



Selnner 400 



McUouo-all 500 



E. G. Johnson...- .500 



Smith WO 



Anderson HOO 



J. P. Johnson ,500 



Deweiu 500 



Elliott ;M00 



Tinker .5000 



Hannofs 8000 



Roskofen 2000 



Studer 4000 



Cope ;!000 



Pauli 1500 



Coin\'id 4000 



Bryant GOOO 



Raier 5no 



Harrison lOOO 



Cowan 50O 



Lawrence 2000 



Littleton , 7000 



Boylan 500 



At "Rome !)000 



Frenclunan 20 



Eltin<i 1000 



]\Iiissing 4<t00 



Bartley 2000 



Eink 2000 



Kcenier 1500 



Crowell 200 



Sipp 500 



J*roctor GOO 



All others 2S000 



Total 142.300 



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