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extensive planting here. Have never sacked the fruit. 4 have put up unfer- 

 mented grape juice ; first press out the juice, then heat and seal, in pint and quart 

 bottles. 



J. C. Ross, Havana, Montgomery county: I have 400 grape-vines growing 

 on sandy loam. They are Concords. I prefer two-year-old vines, set eight feet 

 apart. Cultivate with the hoe, and then mulch. Prune in February. My 

 trellis is made of smooth wire. I summer prune my vines by pinching, as I 

 think the yield greater. Have never bagged my grapes, and would not advise it. 

 Gather in small baskets, and market in our home town. I realize from 50 to 

 200 baskets per acre. They are a paying crop. Have put up unfermented grape- 

 juice; I use the cider-mill to press the juice out. This is a good grape county, 



F. L. KENOYER, Independence, Montgomery county : I have 500 vines on rich, 

 sandy loam, with a southern slope. My varieties are Moore's Early, Concord, 

 Martha, Worden, Dracut Amber, Niagara, and Clinton. The Clinton rots badly 

 and is a poor market grape; Moore's Early is most profitable; Worden usually 

 ripens too unevenly ; otherwise it is better than Concord ; Niagara and Martha 

 are profitable for home market. I prefer one- and two-year old vines, set in rows 

 nine feet apart; plants eight feet apart in the row. Cultivate by breaking shal- 

 low each spring with a stubble plow, and cultivate through the summer with 

 Planet Jr. twelve- tooth cultivator. This keeps the roots below the surface. 

 Prune during the winter, removing all weak canes, and cutting laterals back to* 

 four or five buds. My trellis is of posts and two wires. I do not summer prune,, 

 as it interferes with the formation of canes for the next year's crop. Every bud 

 or leaf removed from a vine in summer produces a shock which interferes with 

 the proper development of its fruit. I have never bagged my grapes, but am 

 satisfied it would pay well in protecting them from fungous diseases and length- 

 ening the ripening period. I gather my grapes by cutting the bunches with 

 pruning shears and remove all defective berries, and market at home in five- 

 pound baskets. I realize about twenty five cents per vine, and consider them a 

 good, paying crop. 



W. H. ROBINSON, Dunlap, Morris county : I have 100 grape-vines, planted on 

 rich bottom land; they are Concord, Worden, Moore's Diamond, and Martha^ 

 will discard Martha, because of tenderness; would recommend Worden and Con- 

 cord. Prefer two-year-old vines, set eight feet apart; cultivate with a five- tooth 

 cultivator ; prune during early winter ; do not summer prune, but believe it would 

 pay. My trellis is made of poles. Do not bag the fruit. Cut from the vines 

 with a knife; market at home. I consider them profitable. 



JOHN E. SAMPLE, Beman, Morris county: I have 2500 grape-vines growing 

 on black loam sloping to the southeast. They were bought for Concord, but are 

 a far better black grape; I call them "Care's Fraud." I would recommend this 

 grape, as I have had them fifteen years, and they have never missed a crop^ 

 thirty pounds of them make five quarts of juice. I prefer two-year-old vines, set 

 twelve feet apart; mine are eight feet; till shallow, with a cultivator; prune in 

 February and March, leaving three buds: I never summer prune, but think it 

 would pay and make larger grapes. My trellis is wire. Never bag my grapes,, 

 and think it would pay only for market. Cut with shears, and pack in twenty- 

 five-pound crates; sell at Council Grove and in the country, realizing three cents 

 per pound for them ; I consider them a paying crop. 



JAMES SHARP, Parkerville, Morris county: Have three acres of vineyard 

 growing on black surface soil with a porous red- clay subsoil, sloping to the east* 



