HOW TO GROW GRAPES. 



The Vergennes, originated in Vermont, 

 is the best keeper of all, though it rarely 

 finds its way out of the home garden, 

 as it is essentially a keeping grape, 

 whereas Rogers' hybrids, Concord and 

 Delaware are plentiful on our markets. 

 The Duchess, a rather small white grape, 

 is a good keeper, but efforts to keep 

 extra early varieties like Champion and 

 Hartford, do not pay for the trouble. 

 In a trial of some forty selected varieties 

 in the winter of 1883-1884, I found 

 Concord, Worden and Dela ware to 

 keep in fair condition till December. 

 Duchess, several of Rogers' hybrids, 

 and a black wine and table grape given 

 the name of Pattison at the Experi- 

 mental Farm at Ottawa, till January; 

 and Vergennes, Salem, Wilder, Herbert, 

 Rogers' No. 30, El Dorado, Gaertner, 

 Mary and Owaso through February. 

 These grapes were packed with paper 

 between the layers, but since the adop- 

 tion of wadding, I have kept most of 

 these till June, at which season it is not 

 possible to keep the cellar in proper 

 temperature and dryness. If a system 

 of cold storage could be adopted for 

 our fruit cellars, better results could be 

 attained. In warm weather close cellars 



induce dampness and mould in our 

 fruit. 



USE OF GRAPES AS FOOD. 



The highest medical authorities claim 

 that the grape is a potent remedy for 

 the prevailing derangements, having 

 their origin through the alimentary sys- 

 tem. On the continent of Europe, in 

 the world-famed " grape cures " for 

 dyspepsia and its sequel, consumption, 

 the diet during the season consists al- 

 most exclusively of ripe grapes. The 

 patients stroll about the vineyards and 

 make their meals as appetite dictates. 

 During the balance of the year the diet 

 is composed chiefly of fruit with coarse 

 ground cereals. With the permission of 

 any medical man, who may be present, 

 I will venture to give, without charge, a 

 prescription for indigestion and want of 

 appetite, namely, make breakfast or 

 supper entirely of grapes or other fruit — 

 nothing else, neither coffee nor tea. I 

 have endeavored to show how we may 

 enjoy the grape nearly the entire year, 

 and contend that if the apple is re- 

 cognized as the " king of fruit," the 

 grape, the autocrat of the garden, is en 

 titled to be called the queen. 



PRAISE OF THE APPLE. 



The old Scandinavians believed that 

 the gods subsisted wholly upon apples, 

 and that it was through the peculiar 

 properties communicated by this queen 

 of fruits that they acquired the wisdom 

 which they imparted to men. 



The acids of apples are exceedingly 

 useful through their stimulating influ- 

 ence upon^the kidneys, whereby poisons 



are removed from the body, and the 

 blood and tissues purified. The acids 

 of apples are all highly useful as a 

 means of disinfecting the stomach, since 

 the ordinary germs that grow in the 

 stomach, producing biliousness, head- 

 ache and other troubles, will not grou- 

 in fruit juice or fruit pulp. — Editorial in 

 Good Health. 



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