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moisture there may be in the soil. With the plow, the 

 spring- tooth cultivator, and the grape horse-hoe, little 

 or no hand labor need be done in cultivation. The 

 grape horse-hoe enables one to draw the soil away from 

 the vine or throw it up against it, leaving only a little 

 space around each vine that must be hand-hoed, and is 

 a great labor saver. 



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FIG. 70 Grapevine in Garden in September, in Full Foliage and Fruit. 



Little or no nitrogenous fertilizers should be applied 

 unless the soil is very poor. A very good fertilizer is 

 made of equal parts of fine ground bone and sulphate of 

 potash, using from 500 to 1000 pounds of this mixture 

 per acre, according to the growth of vine and crop of 

 fruit. For vines in the garden, if there is a wash of plant 

 food from surroundings, or if fertilizers are applied to 

 crops near by, no fertilizers need be used upon the 

 vines. Poultry droppings and wood ashes make a good 

 fertilizer for the grape, but if the vines are growing 

 vigorously only the wood ashes should be used. 



