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Early Sulphur, — Fruit middle size and very early, 

 roundish, hairy; flavor first rate. 



Farrow's Roaring Lion, — An immense berry and 

 hangs late. Fruit oblong and smooth, flavor excellent. 



Foreign. 



Houghton's Seedling. — ''Rather small; oval; skin thin; red- 

 dish brown; flesh very fine, tender, sweet and superior, particu- 

 larly for tie dessert. A prodigious grower and great bearer. We 

 set small layers, and the next year, all the shoots were covered 

 with fruit. Hiirdy; the only kind free from mildew. Habits like 

 Crown Bob." — CoU. 



GRAPES. 



Grapes are propagated by layers, cuttings and by 

 grafting old vines. The former method is preferable. 

 AYhere grafting is pursued it is necessary to defer it 

 until the vine is in full leaf as otherwise it suffers from 

 severe bleeding. The scions should be kept as other 

 scions are. The grape vme requires a liberal prun- 

 ing in Nov. or Dec. A shoot bears but one year, the 

 fruit being wholly on the previous years growth of 

 wood. Hence severe pruning induces fruitfuhies. — 

 The practice of picking off leaves at midsummer to 

 expose fruit to the sun is inj urious. The leaves are 

 required to perfect the sap that nourishes the fruit. — 

 Vines may be trained to walls, buildings, or trellises 

 either in the fan or horizontal manner and a portion 

 of the shoots cut back every year so that the vine 

 shall be constantly producing new and bearing wood. 

 The soil proper for the grape is a deep, rich, dry loam, 

 resting upon a dry gravelly subsoil. The crop is nei- 

 ther so sure or valuable when on wet grounds. Ani- 

 mal manure is good for growing vines, but ashes, coal 

 dust, Blacksmith's sinders, bone chips, and soap suds 

 are much better for those in bearing. 



Grapes may be preserved for winter use, simply by 

 picking before fully ripe when they are free from dew 

 and packing them in ajar between layers of cotton 

 batting or fire dried sawdust. 



For very warm situations, wo would recommend the 

 Isabella and Catawba ; but unless the cultivator has 



