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labor for minds disturbed by much brooding over disap- 

 pointment. 



The next afternoon Kate and Johnny trimmed all the 

 vines, and untying them from the trellis, allowed them to 

 fall to the ground. ( This trellis was attached to the fence 

 to keep the vines away from the wood-work.) Then, copy- 

 ing the directions in the book, they fastened them flat to the 

 soil, with pointed sticks driven down in this fashion ^ 



Here they would be secure from the wind, and buried 

 safe under the snow when it came. Nothing more to be 

 done to them till April. 



The writer sincerely hopes that in describing this prun- 

 ing experience he has made the matter plain. There are 

 many other ways of training and pruning the grape ; but 

 these he considers the most simple, and, for general use, the 

 best. Should the reader prefer to grow his grapes to poles, 

 instead of against a wall or feiuce, the single-cane plan will 

 be found the easiest and best. If the vines are scarce, arid 

 fence-room plenty, the fan-shape would be preferable. 



Should the reader reply that he has no grape-vine of any 

 kind, we can only say, get one. If you have no spot of 

 ground to grow it in, cut an oil-cask in two, bore some 

 holes in the bottom, and, procuring some soil from the 

 nearest florist, grow it in that. Whatever you do, plant a 

 vine. 



With the arrival of cold weather the ground froze up 

 tight, and the season's work seemed finished. Yet one 



