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some excellent varieties of the ^stivalis and Riparia 

 types, their number is small compared with that of 

 Labrusca and Labrusca seedlings and hybrids. The 

 Yinifera, or European wine -grape, is not adapted to 

 any part of the United States this side of the Rocky 

 mountains. 



No home is complete without a few well -cared -for 

 grape-vines. They may be used as a summer shade 

 around the porches, or they may be planted in the 

 garden, or in a lot to themselves, but not in connec- 

 tion with fruit trees, since the proximity of trees en- 

 courages the depredations of the birds. Varieties have 

 been sufficiently experimented with to determine those 

 best adapted to the South. No mistake need be made, 

 therefore, in the selection of varieties. The standard 

 varieties will grow successfully on almost any fertile 

 soil which has proper drainage. 



Grapes are generally propagated by cuttings if a con- 

 siderable number of vines are to be grown. If only a 

 few are desired, layering is the simplest and surest 

 method. 



The Botundifolia type, and some of the varieties of 

 other types that are not so easily grown from cuttings, 

 may be readily grown from layers. This maybe done at 

 any season of the year, but fall and spring are preferred. 



Open a trench a few inches deep in the line of the 

 row. In this place put a vigorous cane of the previous 

 season's growth, and confine it with wooden pegs. 

 Shoots will put forth at each joint. When these attain 

 a length of eight or ten inches, fill the trench with good 

 soil and pack it well about the young shoots. During 



