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ceiving an average of two and one half cents per pound for the past ten years. 

 They are a profitable crop, but I would not advise extensive planting. Have 

 never tried sacking the fruit. 



W. J. BROWN, Greensburg, Kiowa county: I have 100 grape vines growing 

 on black, sandy loam, which have been set fourteen years. A northeast slope is 

 preferable. Set out one-year-old vines, 8x15 feet. Prune in November to two 

 and three buds of last year's growth. For a trellis, I use two slats on a post five 

 feet high. Till them with a cultivator and harrow; a double-shovel cultivator 

 and a one-horse harrow are the beet implements for this work. I manure my vines 

 some. Have tried Concord, Delaware, Martha, and Goethe ; discarded the 

 Martha and Goethe, as they would not stand the climate ; the soil is so porous 

 they are destroyed by winter freezing. I would recommend Concord for this 

 locality, as it does best here. I pickle a good many of my grapes. They are 

 profitable to a limited extent, but I would not advise extensive planting here. 

 Have never sacked the fruit, as our market would not warrant it. We put up 

 unfermented grape juice like we can fruit. 



A. D. EINSEL, Greensburg, Kiowa county : Have about a dozen vines, planted 

 on sandy soil. Set 10x10 feet. Prune back to two eyes. Use stakes for trellis. 

 Cultivate by spading around the vine in the spring. I mulch my vines. Have 

 tried Concord only. Grow only for home use. Planted a vineyard of 500 vines 

 when the land was new, but all are dead excepting nine ; did not attend them as 

 I should; think they would do better now. 



D. E. WINTERS, Haviland, Kiowa county: Almost any kind of land will grow 

 grapes if well cared for; my land has a northern slope; varieties are Worden and 

 Concord, which latter does best; 1 prefer two-year-old vines, set twelve feet apart; 

 till with a cultivator and hoe; prune in the spring; my trellis has three wires; I 

 do not summer prune, as I think it retards the development of the fruit; have 

 never bagged my grapes ; I think it too much trouble ; cut my grapes with scis- 

 sors and market in baskets at home; I think they pay; I think grapes can be 

 grown for profit in this county if properly set and started right; they will prob- 

 ably need a little water the first year and in July of second year, but the main 

 thing is to cultivate and keep all not part of the weeds out; allow no sod 

 nearer than eight feet; prune closely in spring and keep vices as near to the 

 ground as possible ; all the grape-vines in the county that I know of are fine 

 where cared for, and yield abundantly, but there are only a few vines; a few men 

 have a hundred or more, but most have ten or twenty; I have set only twelve so 

 far; shall set more next year; they will be half Worden and half Concord. 



CHARLES HARRINGTON, Altamont, Labette county: Have 100 grape-vines 

 growing on level land. Varieties tested are Concord, Clinton, Dracut Amber, 

 Worden, Moore's Early, etc. Have discarded Clinton, as it rots too badly. 

 Would recommend Moore's Early, Dracut Amber, Worden, Concord, and Moore's 

 Diamond. Am testing experimentally Brighton, Goethe, Pocklington, Camp- 

 bell's Early, Niagara, Early Ohio, Elvira, and Delaware ; these have not yet come 

 into bearing. Plant one- or two-year-old vines, eight by ten feet; till with a five- 

 tooth-cultivator. Prune in February to two buds with pruning shears; do not 

 summer prune, as the sun burns the fruit. I think a trellis of posts and wires is 

 best. Do not bag any, but would advise it, as the bags protect the fruit from 

 disease, insects, and birds, and it can hang on the vines much longer. Gather 

 with pruning sheers; market at home and in Colorado, in eight-pound baskets. 

 I think the grape a moderately paying crop. 



