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How THE FARM PAYS. 



as to the age at which a grape vine should be planted. It is the 

 general impression that they should always be three or four years 

 old. This is a popular error, for no matter how large the vine is, it 

 will never fruit to any extent the same season it is planted, and the 



larger it is, the more it will suffer in being lifted and transplanted. 

 Therefore I always recommend purchasers to buy young plants, 

 which not only can be bought at one-third the price of two or three 

 year old ones, but are infinitely better, even at the same price. If a 



