GRAPE GRAPERY 121 



be made from the following list: Winchell or Green Moun- 

 tain, Campbell Early, Worden, Concord, Niagara, Moore 

 Diamond, Vergennes, Agawam, Salem, Wilder, lona, 

 Brighton, Delaware. 



Grapery. The European grapes rarely thrive 

 out of doors in eastern America. Grape houses are neces- 

 sary, with or without artificial heat. Fruit for home use may 

 be grown very satisfactorily in a cold Grapery (without ar- 

 tificial heat). A simple lean-to against the south side of a 

 building or wall is cheap and serviceable. When a separate 

 building is desired, an even- span house running north and 

 south is preferable. There is no advantage in having a 

 curved roof, except as a matter of looks. A compost of four 

 parts rotted turf to one of manure is laid on a sloping cement 

 bottom outside the house, making a border 12 feet wide and 

 2 feet deep. The cement may be replaced with rubble on 

 well drained soils, but it is a poor makeshift. Every three 

 years the upper 6 inches of the border should be renewed 

 with manure. The border inside the house is prepared like- 

 wise. Two-year-old potted vines are planted about 4 feet 

 apart in a single row. Part of the roots go through a crevice 

 in the wall to the outer border and part remain inside ; or all 

 may go outside if the house is desired for other purposes. 

 One strong cane is trained to a wire trellis hanging at least 

 18 inches from the glass, and is cut back to 3 feet the first 

 year, 6 the second, and 9 the third. Do not be in a hurry 

 to get a long cane. Pruning is on the spur system, as rec- 

 ommended for arbors on page 120. The vines are usually laid 

 on the ground for winter and covered with leaves or wrapped 

 with cloth. 



As soon as the buds swell in early spring, tie the vines 

 to the trellis and start out one shoot from each spur, rub- 

 bing off all others. After the berries begin to color, however, 

 it is better to leave all further growth to shade the fruit. 

 Pinch back each of these laterals two joints beyond the 

 second bunch, To keep down red spider and thrips, the 



