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the shipping" station for them. The price has never 

 fallen below 33^ cents a pound, and is frequently 

 more than 6 cents. It must be kept in mind that 

 a large crop each of apples and pears was grown 

 on the same ground. What the results in the open 

 under Mr. Emerson's treatment would have been 

 would be speculative, but they probably would be 

 much greater than when grown with the handicap 

 as they are. 



" Pickers receive three-quarters of a cent a pound 

 for picking. They can make $1.50 a day by steady 

 work. The Downing is the larger and more pro- 

 ductive. It does not turn red when ripe, as does 

 the Houghton. This fault is an objectionable fea- 

 ture, to the packers especially." 



THE GRAPE 



In proportion to the amount of care it requires, 

 the grape will produce more pleasure and profit 

 than any other of our temperate climate fruits. It 

 needs only a warm soil and sunny exposure, and, 

 preferably, an elevation above the general lay of 

 the land in order to do well. As to training, stakes 

 or trellises may be used or the vines trained over a 

 porch or window. Pruning consists in cutting off 

 all but one or two buds at each stem each autumn. 

 The new shoots that come from the buds left will 

 produce abundant crops, usually one to three clus- 

 ters. 



Usually the vines are trained to trellises and 

 allowed to extend only 6 to 12 feet, according to 

 the variety. This allows of planting the vines as 

 close as 6 feet in the row for small varieties such 

 as the Delaware, and 8, 10, and 12 feet for the larger 

 growing kinds. Some growers plant large vari- 



