184 THE GRAPE CULTTJRIST. 



annually, and now, in its thirty-fourth year, it is as vig- 

 orous as ever, with every appearance of remaining so for 

 a hundred years, provided it is pruned in the same way 

 and given moderately good care. 



A few years later I planted a row of Concords and 

 Hartford Prolifics, setting the vines four feet apart ID 



FIG. 66. 



the row, driving a strong stake by the side of each, to 

 support the main stem. These vines have been closely 

 buck pruned from the very first year (1870), but I fail 

 to see that there is any diminution in vigor, health, pro- 

 ductiveness, or in the size and quality of their fruit. 



