Editor's Letter Box. 



229 



where the young vines grow very- 

 large, the fruit is smaller and the 

 bunches not well filled. What do you 

 think about the large growth of Nines? 

 please give us ^'our ideas ; thei-e is 

 about ten thousand vines set in this 

 vicinity, mostly Concord, the grapes 

 are all marketed, no wine made. The 

 extra numbers of the Grape Culturist 

 that you are >ending me, I have distri- 

 buted among mj' neighbors, sent one 

 to Oregon one to Maryland and one 

 to ]N"ew York, hope to get a subscri- 

 ber soon. I must close, for I am 

 spinning this yarn longer than I ex- 

 pected I should. 



Fj. a. Hegeman. 



[Thanks for the interest you take 

 in the Grape Culturist. We can not 

 think, however, of increasing the 

 price. We wish to keep the paper 

 within the reach of the poorest vint- 

 ner in the land. We have now 

 worked nearly two years for nothing. 



we think we may say faithfully and 

 earnestly, will have spent, at the end 

 of this year, about $1,000 out of our 

 pocket, but we hope we have also 

 done some good, and if Ave tind, at the 

 end of the year, that our list will not 

 warrant a continuance, wh}' we must 

 quit, that is all. Therefore our 

 fi'ieuds, who Avish to have the paper 

 continued, should exert themselves 

 betimes ; try and add more recruits to 

 our list. This is the only assistance 

 Ave ask, besides the contribution of 

 their experience to our columns, and 

 Ave hope it Avill be freel}' giA'en. 



If j'our A-ines make too much 

 groAvth, AA^e know of one remedj' ; 

 prune longer, giA'ing them more to do, 

 and they Avili soon keep within 

 bounds, and be more healthy. Your 

 I^ortous and Ives Ave suppose to be 

 too young to bear much. They Avill 

 generallj' not bear much before the 

 fourth summer. Editor.] 



Grape Vines! Grape Vines! 



TT^ >^ X .X e 03F" lOVO! 



We offer our usually large and selected stock of all standard and new 



varieties, including 



SALEM, MERRIMACK, lONA, CYNTHIAXA, 



WILDER, GOETHE, HARTFORD, MARTHA, 



LI^^DLEY, CONCORD, DIANA, EUMELAX, 



AGAWAM, DELAWARE, HERBEMONT, WALTER. 



SA.LEM A_"~ SPECIALTY. 



Our stock of plants Avill be unequaled, and quality of superior excellence. 

 Salem, with us, is bearing a fine crop of fruit, and must soon become one of 

 the leading A'arieties in cultivation. It fulfills all that has been claimed for it. 

 For circulars, etc., address 



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I. H. BABCOOK & CO., 



Lockport, W. Y. 



