50 THE GRAPE IN KANSAS. 



MRS. I. M. VAN DORAN, Leland, Graham county: I have fourteen grape- 

 vines; set, at one year of age, eight feet apart. I mulch my vines. Have tried 

 only Concord; just lately set out, so cannot give experience. 



J. P. EMERY, Cimarron, Gray county: I have 100 grape-vines, planted on 

 black loam. Set two-year-old vines, eight feet apart. Prune in February to two 

 buds on the previous year's growth. Do not summer prune. Tie my vines up 

 to small cedar posts. Till with a nine-hoe cultivator; I prefer a small culti- 

 vator. I do not mulch. Have tried the Concord and Delaware ; both are good 

 bearers. I would recommend these varieties for this locality. Use all the fruit 

 at home. They are a paying crop, and I would advise extensive planting. 

 Have never bagged the fruit. My grapes began bearing the first year after set- 

 ting, and have borne well for the past four years. 



D. M. TRUEBLOOD, Tribune, Greeley county : I have just finished setting out 

 a few grape-vines my first planting and I believe they will do all right here if 

 irrigated and properly cared for. There are a few growing about town in bush 

 form, not trellised; they bear some. 



J. M. HINSHAW, Eureka, Greenwood county: I have one acre of grape-vines 

 growing on upland. Set yearling vines, 6x8 feet. Prune in the spring by cut- 

 ting back, leaving three buds of last year's growth. My trellis is three wires on 

 posts. Till them shallow and often, with a one-horse cultivator ; do not mulch. 

 Have tried Concord, Worden, Ives, Dracut Amber, Pocklington, Goethe, Moore's 

 Early, Elvira, Catawba, Lutie, Salem, Agawam, Perkins, and Wyoming Red; 

 have discarded none. I would recommend Concord, Worden, Ives, Dracut 

 Amber, Lutie, Pocklington, and Goethe, which do best here. Gather in market 

 baskets and sell at home. They are not very profitable, and I would not advise 

 extensive planting here. Have never sacked the fruit. 



G. M. MUNGER, Eureka, Greenwood county: I have 500 grape-vines, planted 

 on upland prairie sloping to the east. My varieties are: Concord, Moore's 

 Early, Pocklington, and others. Would recommend Concord, Moore's Early, 

 and Martha. I prefer one-year-old vines, set eight feet each way. I cultivate 

 like corn. Prune in late winter and early summer. My trellis is of wire. I do 

 not bag my grapes. Turkeys, blackbirds and neighbors' dogs help gather our 

 grapes for us. We have a few left. They are a paying crop. 



GEO. W. REITER, Fall River, Greenwood county : I have about twenty grape 

 vines, planted on sandy upland loam. Set yearling vines, eight feet apart. Prune 

 in February. My trellis is posts and smooth wires. I cultivate while the vines 

 are small ; then keep the weeds hoed out. I mulched my vines one year, but it 

 was a wet season and the grapes mildewed. I never tried it again. Have tried 

 only Concord. Have never sacked the fruit. Raise them for family use only. 



W. H. WIGGINS, Lapland, Greenwood county : I have 1000 grape-vines grow- 

 ing on an eastern slope, which I think is preferable. Plant two-year-old vines, 

 6x10 feet. Prune in March, and during the summer I take off any vines which 

 hang down. I use a hedge post at each vine, with wires stretched along the 

 rows. Cultivate with a plow and hoe; shallow culture is best. Do not mulch. 

 Have tried Concord, which I would recommend. Gather in twenty-pound bas- 

 kets and sell at home, receiving two cents per pound. They are a profitable, 

 paying crop, but I would not advise extensive planting here. Have never sacked 

 the fruit, as I do n't think it would pay. 



JOHN BAILEY, Harper, Harper county : I prefer one-year-old vines, set six by 



