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TUE QUALITY OF PLANTS AS AFFECTED BY AGE, ETC 



rine of lowcs" grade will nearly equal the amount of the former at 

 three, but not nearly in the beauty of the fruit. At this time the first 

 will have advanced to six pounds as the full weight of crop that it may 

 be suiTered to carry perpetually, fully maintaining the health of the 



vine and the quality of the fruit. The " extra " will perpetually main 



tain a superiority, in both quantity and quality, of at least one fiflk 



over the other, which, commercially, will be foun Jto be much greater. 



At five years old there will be, at least, fifty cents net in favor of tin 



Plate No. 13. 



best vines at prices for wine, but for the table the prices of the grapes 

 and of the amount in favor of the " extra " vines will be doubled. The 

 number of vines to the acre will exceed two thousand ; but that num- 

 ber is convenient to use, and is sufficiently near the truth for our pre- 

 lent purpoee. 



Plate No. 23. 



Plate No. 16. 



An advantage of fifty cents per vine is equal to the large sum of one 

 thousand dollars an acre. Although this appears startlingly large, it i» 

 safely within the bounds of experience. 



Size is only one of the conditions of quality among many which I 

 can not here specify, all of which are important to the full meassre of 



Plate rTo. 14. 



Kate No. 15. 



