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very cold weather, the boxes can be piled so as to allow 

 the remaining moisture to escape through a crevice about the 

 width of a knife-blade. Before packing, each bunch should 

 be examined and all injured, cracked, and rotten berries 

 removed with suitable scissors. If two layers are packed in 

 a box, a sheet of paper should intervene. The boxes must 

 be kept in a cool, dry room or passage, at an even tempera- 

 ture. If the thermometer goes much below freezing-point, 

 a blanket or newspaper can be thrown over them, to be re- 

 moved in mild weather. Looking over them once in the 

 winter and removing defective berries will suffice, the 

 poorest keepers being placed accessible. Under this treat- 

 ment the best keepers will be in good edible order as late as 

 February, after which they deteriorate. 



The following is a list of grapes worth noticing, that have 

 been tested for keeping : 



Description. 



List of Grapes to be recommended. 



Nov. 1st. Lady, Antoinette, Carlotta, Belinda. 



Dec. 1st. 



Jan. 1st. 



Jan. 15th. 



Feb. 1st. 



Lady Washington, Peter "Wiley, Mason, Wor- 

 den, Senasqua, Romell's Superior, Ricketts' 

 No. 54G, Concord, Delaware. 



Duchess, Essex, Barry, Rockland, Favorite, 

 Aminia, Garber, Massasoit, Demsey's No. 

 5, Burnett, Undine, Allen's Hybrid, Aga- 

 wan, Gen. Pope, Francis Scott. 



Salem, Vergennes, El Dorado. 



Wilder, Herbert, Peabody, Rogers' No. 30, 

 Gffirtner, Mary and Owosso. 



