340 GARDENING FOR PROFIT. 



in but little demand. Many of the English varieties are 

 offered for sale here, but they are so subject to mildew, 

 that they rarely do any good. Of the native varieties, 

 that known as the Downing is of a greenish-white color 

 when ripe, and of very fair quality. We have also a red 



Fig. 112. HOUGHTON'S SEEDLING GOOSEBEBRY. 



native seedling known as Houghton's, which is of aver- 

 age size and flavor. The culture is same as that of the 

 currant. 



GRAPES. 



Although grape-vines can be grown in almost any soil, 

 yet if a position can be obtained on a sloping bank, fac- 

 ing south or southeast, running at a slope of ten or 

 fifteen degrees, where the soil is stony or shaly, they will 

 usually be found to do better than- when planted on level 

 lands, particularly if they can be manured. All the 

 finest vineyards in Oermany and France are so located, 

 and the fruit is always better flavored and freer from 

 mildew and other diseases than when on the level. How- 

 ever, such conditions are not always to be obtained, and 

 the vines, of course, are not so easily worked as when 

 planted on the level. There is now so much advance 



