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in a location whence the water would drain off, or under an open shed. 

 There they would keep fresh and in full Ufe until planting in the spring. 

 The vines should be cut loose from the trellis and left to sprawl over the 

 ground, in which position they will stand the winter much better. 



A Cbeap Trellis. — Our illustration upon this page gives a good idea of 



a permanent and quite cheap grape- 

 vine trellis. The posts lest on stones 

 sunk a little into the ground. The 

 posts may be of any desired size of 

 timber. A capping piece connects 

 them along each side, and cross pieces 

 join the opposite posts. Wire is used 

 for the lattice work. Such a frelhs 

 costs about fifty cents a running foot, 

 and is not at all unsightly. 



Culture of Hardy Gra.pe». — J. T. 



Lovett, of Little Silver, the well-known 

 New Jersey fruit grower, says in re- 

 gard to the culture of hardy grapes: 

 Plant in rows six feet apart, and the 

 vines eight feet apart in the rows. Dig 

 holes twelve to lilteen inches deep, and 

 of a size amply large to accommodate 

 the vines. They should then be filled 

 to within six or eight inches of the top 

 with fine, rich soil, throwing in while 

 doing so a few bones or some wood 

 ashes, if to be had. Cut back one-year 

 vines to two eyes, placing the lower 

 one below the surface; two-year vines 

 to three or four eyes, and putting two 

 or three eyes below the surface. 

 Spread out the roots (which should 

 have previously had one-third their 

 length cut off), place the stock of the 

 vine at one side of the hole, and fill 

 with fine soil, pressing it firmly. Wliea 

 planted, set a stake at the stock (to 

 which the vine should be kept tied), 

 which will be all the support required 

 for two years. Keep old wood trimmed 

 off, growing fruit on new canes. Any 

 manner of pruning that will admit the 

 sun to the fruit will insure a crop; and lajing the vines on the ground, even 

 without covering, will increase both the qtiality of the fruit and the size of 

 the bunches, besides insuring safety from injury by frost. For nuldew 

 dtist with flower of sulphur while the vines are wet 



Bleeding Grape Vines. — It is stated that an English grape grower 

 stopped the profuse bleeding of a thrifty grape vine by forming a sort of 

 hard cement over the cut ends by repeated dustings at short intervals with 

 Portland cement. 



