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imperfectly those chemical changes on which the fruit 

 depends. Every leaf in the neighborhood of the fruit is 

 precious. 



MILDEW ON GRAPES. 



MANY permit the fruit of the vines to perish before their 

 eyes from the ravages of mildew, ignorant that an effectual 

 remedy is within their reach. It is simply to dust the 

 branches with flowers of sulphur. It is best done while the 

 dew is on. 



When vines are trained upon the sides of a house or 

 fence, it is well to whitewash the surfaces on which they 

 are fastened with a wash in which flowers of sulphur has 

 been largely mixed. 



It is recommended by some cultivators to employ such a 

 whitewash for the wood of the vine, covering all the main 

 stems with it ; but all these methods result in the one thing 

 the application of sulphur as a remedy for mildew. 



HOW TO OBTAIN GRAPE VINES. 



GRAFTING is only practised on the vine for special rea- 

 sons, and we have never had occasion to try it. We shall 

 speak of a better mode of obtaining vines. 



The best method of " getting a start " of grape vines is, 

 by the employment of cuttings. These may be plant <! 

 immediately after the spring pruning of established vines. 

 But cuttings of native grapes are as well planted in the 

 full. The granulation, from which the roots spring, will 

 form during the winter, and the cuttings, starting early in 

 the spring, will make good growth the first year. Cuttings 



