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MORE ENCOURAGING RESULTS. 



During the next year, there was a still greater differ, 

 ence in the comparative luxuriance of the two lots of 

 vines. The same method of pruning was jDursued that 

 had been attempted on the first Clintons. On the unma- 

 nured border I met with pretty good success with all the 

 varieties except the Clinton. With this I succeeded bet- 

 ter than before, but the results were nevertheless any- 

 thing but satisfactory. Next to the Clinton, the Concord 

 was most difficult to manage. On the manured portion, 1 

 experienced but little trouble with Isabellas and Cataw- 

 bas ; with the Concord there was some difficulty ; but the 

 Clinton seemed perfectly incorrigible. 



All of the vines bore fruit. On the unmanured border, 

 the fruit was reduced to one bunch on each cane; the 

 grapes ripened thoroughly, were of good flavor, and in 

 every way equalled my expectations. I regarded this re- 

 sult with no small degree of satisfaction, even of delight, 

 because I looked upon it as an indication of future suc- 

 cess. On the manured border tlie vines manifested a less 

 disposition to fruit, and the on^ bunch allowed to each 

 cane did not ripen so thoroughly, or become so sweet and 

 palatable as those on the other border. This was particu- 

 larly the case with the Catawba. The benefit to the 

 Clintons on the old border, from the underdraining, was 

 more marked than it had been the year before. 



