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Fertilizers. On partially exhausted or poor soil, such manures and 

 fertilizers should be applied as will supply the deficient ingredients. A 

 liberal application of barnyard manure is usually advisable. If the soil 

 lacks in fruit-producing qualities, potash is needed; if more plant-growth 

 is desired, nitrogenous fertilizers should be applied. 



Choice of Varieties to Plant. As to varieties of grapes to plant, each 

 locality largely determines for itself, grape growing being perhaps more 

 dependent on selection of varieties with reference to soil, climate, location 

 and other conditions than any other fruit. The writer has often seen such 



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radically different results with the same variety planted in vineyards 

 only a short distance apart that it hardly seemed possible that they were 

 the same variety. It should first be determined for what purpose it is 

 desired to grow grapes and select varieties suited for such purpose and 

 even then best results can only be expected where soil, climate and other 

 conditions best suited for the variety and purpose are chosen. Usually 

 it will be well to select such varieties as have proven valuable for*such 

 purposes in the immediate vicinity. Should a grower embark in an 

 entirely new district where grape growing has not been tried, he will 

 have an opportunity for displaying good judgment and perhaps growing, 

 from seed, new varieties adapted to the locality, thus becoming a path- 

 finder for those who follow in his lead. 



The Vinif era varieties commercially grown for the different purposes 

 in this country are Alexandria, Alicante, Bouschel, Black Hamburg, 

 Burger, Cabernet, Sauvignon, Carignane Chasselas de Fontainebleau, 

 Cinsaut, Dodrelabi, Emperor, Flame Tokay, Green Hungarien, Grenache, 



