FKUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 507 



the time of either the first or second working — preferably 

 the latter. Drill it on both sides of the row with a fer- 

 tilizer horn, covering with a cultivator or scrape. 



" The formula for the second year might be appro- 

 priately constructed as follows: 



Any standard, complete fertilizer 100 pounds. 



Cotton-seed meal 30 pounds. 



Kainit 50 pounds. 



Acid phosphate (high grade) 20 pounds. 



200 pounds. 



" The third year the vines will come into bearing, and 

 the object of the grower from this time on will be to ob- 

 tain fruit, not wood. This latter will take care of itself. 

 Phosphoric acid and potash must be supplied in abun- 

 dance, and hence for a permanent formula for the third 

 and subsequent years it will be well to use the following: 



High-grade acid phosphate 900 pounds. 



Kainit 900 pounds. 



Cotton-seed meal 200 pounds. 



2,000 pounds. 



" The above is a low-grade fertilizer and should be ap- 

 plied as before, at the rate, however, of three pounds per 

 vine, instead of two." 



The training and pruning of the grape vine are essen- 

 tial to perfect fruit development and convenience in 

 gathering the crop. There are excellent works in exist- 

 ence fully devoted to this subject, and which explain 

 clearly the modus operandi. The reader is advised to study 

 such books if a vineyard of large dimensions is contem- 

 plated; but, to assist those persons who have not the 

 opportunity to examine such works, and who desire to 

 grow grapes on a limited scale, the following general in- 

 struction is given. The material used in the preparation 

 of what follows on pruning and training has been 



