74 Fruit Culture, 



J. H. NEWCOMB : In the fall lay them down and cover 

 with dirt If not actually necessary they will richly repay 

 the trouble for the first year or two in starting and growing 

 more vigorously. When once established, they will nearly 

 take care of themselves. 



V. DEVINNY : We must protect our grape vines from 

 the drying effects of the air, as well as from severe freezing. 

 The object to be obtained, therefore, in protection is to keep 

 the vines moist during their winter rest and protected from 

 excessive frost and repeated thawing and freezing. Noth- 

 ing is better as a protection than earth, either dry or moist, 

 banked up high around the vines, to be left until early spring, 

 when the earth should be carefully removed. 



There is, however, at least one person in Southern 

 Colorado who does not cover his vines in winter. It is Mr. 

 Anson Rudd, of Canon City, who has quite a number of 

 grape vines of long standing. These he grows upon trel- 

 lises, and has never laid down and covered in winter. He 

 has a grape arbor that reminded us of those familiar to and 

 connected with our earlier life in New York State. 



TESTED VARIETIES. 



E. R. SIZER: This year (1881) my Concord grapes 

 drove all other grapes from our market. While they lasted 

 the people would have no others. They said my fruit was 

 thinner skinned, sweeter and more tender than California or 

 Kansas grapes. I sold grapes at the hotels at West Las 

 Animas to pilgrims from Kansas City who said I must be 

 mistaken, they were too good for the Concord grape. 



W. A. HELM : Though the Concord and the Martha 

 do well, the Salem is the finest grape that can be grown in 

 Colorado. It is a late starter, but ripens as early as the 

 Concord. It is a cherry colored grape and ought to be 

 planted in every garden. 



ANSON RUDD: The Concord, Isabella, Hartford Prolific 



