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the coloring matter. Then add one- 

 third of sugar and water, weigli the 

 whole mixture, and I)ving it up to 80° 

 Oechsle's scale, by addition of sugar, 

 if necessarv. I would use D'Heur- 

 euse's air pump during fermentation, 

 and ferment in a temperate room, but 

 would prefer a shed, to a cold cclhir. 

 The process 3 ou wish to follow with 

 the husks of your grapes is called Po- 

 tiot's method, not Chaptal's. Chaptal 

 recommended the addition of sugar, 

 icithout ivater, to inferior n^/ist. You 

 can press your grapes sharply for 

 white wine, and then make good red 

 Concord from the husks, in the way 

 3'ou propose, by fermenting the husks 

 with the fluid for about a week. 



Never mind the warm weather. I 

 would rather make wine and ferment 

 must in a temperature of 85°, than in 

 one of 45'^. If your must has been 

 thoroughly fermented, and the wine 

 has become perfectly clear, j'ou will 

 have no trouble in keeping it through 

 the summer. — Editor. 1 



IMox.MOUTii, June 17, l-^7(i. 



Mr. Husmaxn : 



Dear Sir: — Have you the Croton, a 

 ncAV white grape, and at what price 

 can I get some wood or a vine? I 

 wish to raise some white grapes for 

 market ; our market is glutted, with 

 grapes, and 1 want something earlier 

 or better than others, so I can find a 

 market. I would like to have an ear- 

 lier grape than th'e Hartford. Have 

 3-0U the Janesville grape, and have you 

 fruited it ? It is sa.d to be two weeks 

 earlier than the Hartford. Please di- 

 rect and assist me in getting some- 

 thing that will give me a little advan- 

 tage in the market. I Avill write vou 



again and let you know how the dif- 

 ferent vai'ieties have behaved with me. 

 Yours truly, 



James Findley. 

 [We have no Croton vines for sale. 

 AVhy do you not grow the Martha as 

 a white market grape ? also the Goethe, 

 which we think is best when yet white, 

 for eating. If you will take our ad- 

 vice, you will look more to late grapes 

 than to early ones, for profitable mar- 

 keting. There is more jn-ofit in them. 

 The Marj^ Ann is a week earlier than 

 Hartford, and the most profitable very 

 early grape we know. We have not 

 seen the Janesville, nor do we know 

 anything positive about it. — Editor.] 



GRAFTING. 



Troy, Iowa, Juiif 1-1, JSTO. 



Mr. Geo. Husmann : 



Bear Sir: — I think a few lines to the 

 CuLTURisT might bo of some little in- 

 terest. Last fall, between the loth 

 and 20th of November, I grafted quite 

 a number of five-year-(>ld roots, set- 

 ting two grafts in each, and taking 

 more than ordinary pains. I spent 

 some two days in securing from frost, 

 I removed the Covering in April, and 

 kept down all suckers. On a close 

 examination to-day I found all to be 

 dead, so I am done with fall grafting. 

 Mr. Fuller's plan may succeed in the 

 South, where winter protection is not 

 needed. I rather think here, in our 

 cold climate, that fall grafting takes 

 too much work, and is not ver}^ suc- 

 cessful, so far as m}" personal knowl- 

 edge extends. I also set some eightj^ 

 grafts in !March ; the greater part ai-e 

 starting finely. I graft from four to 

 six inches under ground, put a small 

 shovel of sand around the graft, then 



