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on, using bone at the rate of one part to seventy- 

 five parts soil with a hght apphcation of wood 

 ashes. Toward the surface use a finer grade of 

 bone; in fact, for the top, blood and bone can be 

 used to good advantage. 



The vines may be planted in either the spring 

 or fall — good, strong, one-year-old canes. Be- 

 fore planting disentangle all the roots so they 

 can be spread out and covered with about three 

 inches of soil. Vines planted as they have been 

 growing in the pots, not breaking the ball, will 

 never start satisfactorily. Plant the canes three 

 and one half or four feet apart — train the vines to 

 trellises eighteen or twenty inches from the glass. 

 For the first year early forcing should be avoided. 



To have a long season of Grapes for table use 

 three houses are necessary: early, midsummer, 

 and late. Suppose we start our early grapery 

 the middle of December: Grapes may be cut the 

 first week in May — such varieties as Black 

 Hamburg and Muscats require a longer season. 

 In starting a grapery in December have a tem- 

 perature of 45 degrees at night, 50 degrees to 55 

 day, and gradually rising five degrees every twelve 

 or fourteen days until the temperature reaches 65 

 degrees night and 75 degrees day, or 80 with sun 

 heat. This should carry them until the Grapes 

 are set, when a temperature of 70 degrees at 



