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We should advise the planting of the Worden as superi- 

 or in many respects, and ripening one week earlier. Fine» 

 large, both in berry and bunch ; vine of hardy growth, 

 ripening its wood in good season. Fruit of finest quality, 

 rich and syrupy, and for the time it has been before the 

 public has fulfilled more promises than any of its competi- 

 tors. The Niagara, which was introduced to society with 

 a great amount of ceremony (which, by the way, was 

 dearly paid for by the purchaser), has not given satisfac- 

 tion to its patrons and cultivators. In fact with us the 

 present year it has behaved worse than any other, has not 

 produced a single good bunch. It may reform, but we 

 look upon it as being under investigation. Neither has 

 the Pocklington given that satisfaction which was expec- 

 ted of it. The Niagara has found its congenial climate in 

 Florida, where it is being planted by the acre, and ripens 

 its fruit in June. Our average season is too short for the 

 last two varieties. 



Of all the Rodgers' thirty odd varieties, we think No. 4 

 (Wilder) stands at the head and is well worthy of cultiva- 

 tion. Most of Rodgers' appear to blight and are prone to 

 take on all the fashionable vine diseases. If you have 

 room for only two vines, plant a Moore's Early and a 

 Worden, and you will rejoice rather than mourn as you 

 look upon well ripened clusters of fruit, bright with the 

 September sun. 



Always plant your vines in spring, after the frost is well 

 out of the ground, the soil having been thoroughly prepared 

 the previous autumn. If you have any old bones scattered 

 about the premises gather them all up, break fine, and place 

 among the roots as you plant. 



In most of our small gardens we can hardly spare the 

 room for a grape vine to stand out where it must be sup- 

 ported by a trellis, but tacked up to the fence or side of a 

 building. In such case we should advise having a trellis 

 which would hold the vine a foot or so away from the build- 

 ing, and give a free circulation of air behind. The reflec- 



