48 THE GRAPE IN KANSAS. 



Gather in baskets and market at home, receiving one and one-half cents per 

 pound. I do not think them profitable, and would not advise extensive plant- 

 ing. Have bagged the fruit, but it does not pay here. 



F. SURITZ, Ottawa, Franklin county: I have one acre of grape-vines growing 

 on sandy loam ; think an eastern slope preferable. Set one-year-old vines, seven 

 feet apart. Prune from September [ ?] to March, leaving five canes to the vine; 

 also summer prune by pinching every week a few inches above the bunches. For 

 a trellis I use one or two stakes to the vine. Cultivate with a plow and hoe 

 in April; these tools are the best for such work. 'Do not mulch. Have tried 

 a great many varieties. Moore's Early and Norton's Virginia are the most suc- 

 cessful here. Gather my grapes when ripe and sell to local dealers, receiving 

 from two to three cents per pound; but do not think they pay. Have never 

 sacked the fruit, as I consider it too great a task. 



ISAAC M. TAYLOR, Richmond, Franklin county : I have fifteen vines, for fam- 

 ily use, planted on light, sandy soil sloping to the southeast. The slope has a 

 great deal to do with it; I would prefer an eastern. Set two-year-old vines. 

 Prune in February, back to two or three buds on new wood; also summer 

 prune some years. Cut back to within one or two joints of the fruit, to save it 

 from mildew. My trellis is posts one rod apart and two No. 12 wires. Do not 

 mulch. Have tried Concord and Dracut Amber; discarded the latter because 

 of poor flavor. I would recommend Concord, as it does best in this locality. I 

 sell in home market, receiving from two to three cents per pound. Have sacked 

 my grapes to protect them from the chickens. It was a partial success. Several 

 persons here are intending to do it to protect from bees. 



DAVID BROWN, Richmond, Franklin county: I have a half acre of Concord 

 grapes growing on red soil having a southern aspect; set eight feet apart. Cul- 

 tivate with a cultivator. Prune in February. My trellis is of hedge posts and 

 wire. I do not summer prune; it doesn't pay. I have never bagged my grapes, 

 and would not advise it, as it is npt necessary. They are a paying crop. 



WILLIAM CUTTER, Junction City, Geary county: I have one and one-half 

 acres of grape-vines growing on land which is too sandy and has no clay subsoil. 

 I think slope makes a difference, and would prefer a north or northwestern. Set 

 No. 1 yearling vines, five by eight feet. Prune to three eyes or renew when possi- 

 ble; I do not summer prune enough. For a trellis I use posts and three wires. 

 Till with a plow, cultivator, and hoe, which I consider best for the work ; do not 

 mulch. Have tried Admirable, Agawam, Aminia, Bacchus, Beauty, Bell, 

 Berckman, Brayler, Brighton, Brilliant, Campbell (G. W.), Campbell's Early, 

 Carman, Catawba, Centennial, Champion, Colrain, Concord, Delaware, Dinkel, 

 Dracut Amber, Early Daisy, Early Concord, Etta, Elvira, Esther, Eumelan, 

 Early Victor, Empire State, Green's Golden, Green Mountain, Goethe, Geneva, 

 Golden Drop, Gold Coin, Hayes, Herbemont, Herman Guiger, Hilgard, Ives's 

 Seedling, Jessica, Jewel, Jefferson, Keystone, Lutie, Lady Washington, Leader, 

 Montifiero, Moyer, Moore's Early, Martha, Moore's Diamond, Munson's 88, 

 Munson's 82, Mills, Merrimac, Mason's Seedling, Niagara, Nectar, Norton's 

 Virginia, New Haven, Pocklington, Prentiss, Poughkeepsie Red, Prest Early, 

 Peter Wylie, Perkins, Rockwood, Rommel, Red Eagle, Triumph, Telegraph, 

 Ulster Prolific, Vergennes, Victoria, Worden, Wyoming Red, Woodruff Red. 

 I have also tried many seedlings; one which is larger and sweeter than any 

 other I have ever seen is now being tested in several states. I have discarded 

 nearly all on account of feeble growth, inferior size, and because most of them 

 ripen at the same time as the Concord; there is not difference enough in price 



