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and Campbell's Early. All of the above varieties seem vef y hardy ; the Hicks 

 seems very hardy and extremely easy to propagate. All have done well so far. I 

 would recommend Early Ohio, Woodruff Red, Diamond, Concord, Moore's Early, 

 Niagara and a few others for this locality. Gather the fruit with grape pickers. 

 They are a paying crop if the right man plants the right varieties. Have never 

 sacked the fruit. I have a forty-acre orchard, fenced in, and under the fence I 

 have vines planted, which are doing well and are full of grapes at this planting; 

 they bore well last year. As it was necessary to fence the orchard in, I utilize 

 the fence in this way as a trellis. Of course it is necessary to keep the "fence" 

 well cultivated. The Hicks grape did splendidly with me this year (1901). They 

 were large and fine, ripened all at one time and before the Concord. I have two 

 fine, extremely hardy, wonderfully productive, rapid growing raisin grapes. 

 They are, I believe, called Tokay. The first begins to ripen just after Concord 

 is gone, is oblong and pink in color, remains long on the vines, and keeps a long 

 time after picking. ' The other ripens a little later, is round, and hangs on well. 

 I have thirty vines of each now in bearing. The two parent vines have been 

 well tested here for ten years or more. One of them grew more than fifty 

 feet this year, and bore grapes fifty feet from the trunk, on a lightning-rod. 

 They are just grand for covering arbors, porches or summer-houses, and the qual- 

 ity of the fruit cannot, in my estimation, be excelled. 



BEN. MCCULLAUGH, Ellinwood, Barton county : I have over 200 Concord 

 grape-vines, planted on black sandy soil having an eastern aspect. I prefer one- 

 year-old vines, set eight to ten feet apart. I cultivate with the plow and harrow. 

 I prune in March. My trellis is made of posts and barbed wire. I never sum- 

 mer prune. I have never bagged grapes. I cut my grapes from the vines with 

 a sharp knife. I have a home market within twenty miles. Grapes are a paying 

 crop here. 



GEO. T. ELLIOTT, Great Bend, Barton county : I have 400 grape-vines, planted 

 on an eastern slope. They are Concord, Moore's Early, and Rogers's No. 22. I 

 prefer two-year-old vines, set eight feet, in rows ten feet apart. Cultivate with a 

 double-shovel plow. Prune in the spring. My trellis is of wire, built five feet 

 high. Do not summer prune, as I want the vines thick on account of birds. I 

 have never bagged my grapes, but my neighbors have, and I think it a good 

 plan. I sell my crop among the neighbors. Grapes would be a paying crop if 

 the birds and grasshoppers would leave them alone. 



JACOB REDIGER, Great Bend, Barton county : I have Concord grapes, set on 

 sandy clay soil which slopes to the south. I plant one-year-old vines, 6x10 feet. 

 I prune in February ; also prune a little in summer, as I think it makes the fruit 

 better. 



J. B. SAXE, Fort Scott, Bourbon county: I have half an acre of grape-vines, 

 planted on clay loam which is about level. Set one-year-old vines, eight to twelve 

 feet. Prune during the spring by cutting back pretty well; do not summer 

 prune. My trellis is three wires above the vines. Till with a one-horse culti- 

 vator or plow. Have never mulched, but think it would be beneficial. Have 

 tried only Concord, but intend putting out some Campbell's Early. Concord is 

 the only variety that has done well enough here to be recommended. Gather 

 and market in ten-pound baskets, in Fort Scott. Do not think they pay, and 

 would not advise planting them extensively. Have never bagged the fruit. 



R. A. WILLIAMS, Glendale, Bourbon county: I have thirty grape-vines, 

 planted on limestone soil sloping to the east. Set one-year-old vines, eight by ten- 



