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rior bunches, which a prudent man will not reckon upon. 

 Even this net amount of two tons per acre, if it could be 

 depended upon, would yield a very large profit at the 

 present prices for grapes. Certainly there is great en- 

 couragement to plant the grape extensively as a market- 

 fruit. 



PRESERVING THE GRAPE. 



The great bulk of this fruit is consumed during the 

 autumn months. It is a wise economy that fruits should 

 be more abundant duiing the summer and fall, as the 

 most suitable food at that season. Yet who would not 

 regard the refreshing and invigorating grape in winter as 

 something more than a luxury, a real and needed good? 

 No fruit can be taken with such impunity ; no other is so 

 little inclined to clog. You may eat the Diana at night, 

 and a pleasant taste is created, and lingers in the mouth 

 the next morning. It is indeed important that the use of 

 this fruit should be extended through as many months as 

 is possible. There is room for much improvement in this 

 direction, and also abundant promise of success. 



We must first determine by trial which varieties are 

 best adapted to being kept into winter. I know of no 



