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that vinos growing in apple-trees grow vigorously, and give 

 hundreds of pounds of grapes. Let me state a single instance, 

 which will further show that proposition to be true. In the 

 town of Woburn, in Middlesex County, grows a grape-vine 

 which covers the whole front of a house, which bore, the year 

 before last, eight bushels of perfectly ripe grapes. 



These instances show that we are yet learners in grape culture, 

 and that, as my friend Mr. Strong said, we are to learn the true 

 method of culture, and then our fruit-crop will be sure. All 

 kinds of fruit which have been grown successfully at any time, 

 I contend can be grown with success at all times, certainly, 

 consideration being had for the various seasons, both as to the 

 amount of fruit and the quality. 



As to the price of grapes. It occurred to me, when our hon- 

 orable chairman stated the price at which grapes were sold at 

 Crooked Lake, that I was not sure that even that price would 

 not be remiuierative. Take the empire of France, which gives 

 this year 1,100,000,000 gallons of wine, and which seldom falls 

 under 830,000,000, where grapes sell for two cents a pound, 

 and where the wine pressed out of the grape at the vineyard 

 is taken at twenty-five cents a gallon, to be ripened in due 

 season ; and then take the returns of the Minister of the Inte- 

 rior, in regard to the average value of the grape per acre, and 

 you find it reaches one hundred and thirty-four dollars. Even 

 at that low price, you can see it is more profitable than our ordi- 

 nary husbandry. 



But I will not weary the audience with any further remarks 

 on grape culture. I desire to offer a vote of thanks to President 

 Hyde for the able and instructive address he has given us to- 

 night — an address which embodies the rich experience of a 

 whole lifetime in his own vineyard ; an intelligent observation, 

 which is rarely at fault, and a large, perhaps a larger communi- 

 cation than any other man in the State, in regard to horticul- 

 ture. I am glad to offer that motion before we adjourn. 



The motion was put, and carried unanimously. 



The Chairman. I have great pleasure in communicating 

 that vote to Mr. Hyde. 



Mr. Hyde. I feel that I do not deserve it, but I thank the 

 audience for it. 



