CHAPTER V. 



VINES. 



TIME FOR SELECTION HEALTHY VINES THEIR APPEARANCE 

 UNHEALTHY VINES SIGNS OF. 



IT is possible that an intending cranberry cultivator 

 may have the advantages of location and soils, plant 

 vines, and fail. If the bearing or fruitful vine is not 

 chosen, the result of the first attempt will be unprofit- 

 able. In determining upon making a trial, it is neces 

 sary that the inexperienced should have some know- 

 ledge of the plants which he is about to purchase, or he 

 should have implicit confidence in the person from 

 whom he buys them. 



The cranberry vine is such a simple, insignificant- 

 looking plant, and the difference in the varieties is so 

 hard to be distinguished, that this fact accounts in 

 some measure for the utter failure of so many. There 

 are instances, which we could easily cite, where even 

 some of the most experienced have been misled and 

 deceived by the appearance of the vine : then, we can- 

 not wonder at the beginner suffering loss. "We are 



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