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ripened fruit, low trellises and short canes, (say three 

 to five feet high,) grown upon this single stem renewal 

 system, will give the best results. 



It is so rare a thing to see first rate Isabella grapes, 

 that few persons know to what perfection this grape 

 may be brought by high culture and proper concen- 

 tration. Much may be done to perfect this grape, by 

 the system of management which we have described, 

 but still more by the judicious and scientific application 

 of special fertilizers, as will be described in the chapter 

 on Soils and Manures. As the pea may be made more 

 melting, and the potato more mealy by the use of lime, 

 and the strawberry more delicious by the use of tan, so 

 the grape may be rendered more luscious, vinous, and 

 sugary, by the application of proper fertilizers, as well 

 as larger and more beautiful to the eye. 



PLANTING CUTTINGS, STAKES, ETC. 



Large or small vineyards, or borders for arbors, may 

 of course be planted with cuttings, or with transplanted 

 cuttings started in a nursery, or with plants struck from, 

 single eyes in pots, and trained to stakes instead of 

 trellises. 



It is unnecessrry for us to describe all these processe? 

 in detail, as we presume no one will undertake grape 

 culture without being familiar with these elementary 

 matters ; or if they desire such information, may easiJy 

 find it in any general work on the grape. 



