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bagged some of the fruit and it was all right, but will not pay at the prevailing 

 prices. Grapes are a paying crop for family use, as you can get them fresh from 

 the vines as needed, which is better than buying them, although "dirt cheap." 



EBERT SIMON, Welda,' Anderson county: I have 200 grape-vines, planted on 

 level land; they are Moore's Early and Concord. Set them eight feet apart; 

 mulch with prairie hay ; prune in March to two buds. My trellis is of wire. I 

 do not summer prune, as I don't have time. They are a paying crop. 



FRANCIS SCHLETZBAUM, Eden, Atchison county: -I have one acre of grapes, 

 planted on yellow clay, having a southeast slope. Have tried and discarded Ca- 

 tawba, Delaware, Goethe, Pocklington, Lady Washington, Missouri Reisling, and 

 Prentis, on account of mildew, leaf-blight, and rot; would recommend Ives, Con- 

 cord, Norton's Virginia, and Martha. I planted Ives and Norton's Virginia, 

 .7x7 feet. I prune in the fall and at any time, when not frozen, before March 

 15. My trellis is made of three No. 9 wires, the top one being four and one-half 

 feet from the ground. Have summer pruned, but find it of no advantage ; 

 those summer pruned were no better than where not pruned ; have never bagged 

 any; gather in twenty-pound baskets. Market in Atchison; realized last year 

 about forty dollars per acre. Some years they are profitable, but they were not 

 this year, as about sixty per cent, of Concord had black rot ; Ives was all right. 



W. H. TUCKER, Effingham, Atchison county: I have eight varieties of grapes, 

 planted on one acre of level land ; have discarded five varieties because they win- 

 ter-kill; would recommend Concord, Moore's Early, and Worden. I prefer one- 

 year-old vines, set 8x4 feet; tilled with a one-horse Planet Jr. cultivator and a 

 hoe. Prune any time after the leaves drop until April; summer prune but little. 

 I think three wires, on posts fourteen feet apart, the best trellis. Have never 

 tried bagging grapes. Cut the bunches with a knife or grape shears, and pack 

 in ten- to twenty-pound baskets. Market at or near home ; receiving from $50 to 

 $150 per acre; they are profitable. We put up unfermented grape juice with 

 sugar, for family 'use only. 



J. S. GAYLORD, Muscotah, Atchison county: We have about 100 grapes in 

 the orchard, but they are not properly cared for, and in the way; will dig them 

 up soon. Expect to put out about an acre in proper shape. 



A. S. HUFF, Enon, Barber county: I have one and one-half acres of grapes, 

 planted on sandy loam, which slopes slightly to the east (which I believe is best) ; 

 my varieties are Concord, Moore's Early, California White, and Moore's Diamond. 

 Concord and California White are my choice; I would recommend Concord as 

 best for Kansas. I prefer one-year-old vines, set eight by ten feet, cultivated with 

 a one-horse stirring plow ; prune in February, so they will not bleed. My trellis 

 is made of three No. 9 wires. I summer prune, so the grapes will ripen in 

 proper season. Have never bagged my grapes, and do not advise it; it inclines 

 the sun to burn them ripe, but it would keep the birds off, although they are 

 not bad here. Cut my grapes with a knife into half-bushel baskets, and market 

 in Oklahoma, receiving two and a half to three cents per pound for them. I con- 

 sider them a big paying crop here. We can grapes for our home use. I think 

 we realize from $275 to $300 per acre. If I had ten acres of grapes I could find 

 market for them, and would not want anything better to make all the money I 

 should need, because they are a sure crop every year; if late frosts kill the young 

 grapes in bloom, by pruning your vines again they will bloom a second time and 

 mature a crop. 

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