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Varieties are Moore's Early, Concord, Worden, Ives, Telegraph, Pocklington, 

 Niagara, Martha, Elvira, and Rogers's hybrids; have discarded Rogers's hy- 

 brids, as they are not hardy. Would recommend Worden, Concord, Niagara, 

 Pocklington, and Moore's Early. Have experimentally tried Janes ville, with 

 which I had no success. Set vines seven feet, in rows eight- feet apart. Culti- 

 vate with plow and hoe. Prune in spring; have not found it profitable to sum- 

 mer prune. My trellis is made of posts and two smooth wires and one barbed 

 wire. Have not bagged the fruit; think it not necessary. Use a knife and 

 shears to clip the bunches from the vines ; pack in baskets and market in near- 

 by towns, receiving from two to four cents per pound ; they are a paying crop. 



JOHN A. GORDON, Viroqua, Morton county : I tried a dozen Concord grape-vines 

 on sandy soil, eight or ten years ago, but drought and grasshoppers killed them in 

 five or six years; we had a few bunches of fruit the third year. I think a row 

 of Russian mulberries which overshadowed them helped kill them, as they kept 

 the ground too moist. [??] I am going to try them again as soon as we have 

 storage reservoirs from our wells, which are 150 feet deep. 



L. G. MORGAN, Richfield, Morton county: I have very few vines; they are 

 planted on level sandy loam. Set them ten feet apart; cultivate with a hoe. 

 Do not prune. My trellis is of 1 x 4-inch boards. Do not bag them, and 

 would not advise it, as I do not think it necessary. Cut the grapes from the 

 vine with a knife. I consider them a good, paying crop. They are hard to get 

 started here, but after they do start they grow well, and bear good crops. I do 

 not know the name of the variety I am growing, but it does well and has abun- 

 dant crops. I irrigate my grapes with the suds from the washing-machine. 



A. OBERNDORF, JR., Centralia, Nemaha county: Have eleven acres of grapes, 

 planted on an eastern slope. They are Concord, Worden, Moore's Early, Early 

 Victor, Ives, Telegraph, Dracut Amber, Cottage; have discarded all these ex- 

 cepting Concord; some winter-kill; others don't do well. Would recommend 

 Concord. If I was planting another vineyard in Kansas, I should plant only 

 Rogers's hybrids, and cover them every winter. These do well here, and bring 

 double the price of the Concords. I have a few Agawam which I planted twenty 

 years ago; they have never failed, always produce well, and seem as hardy as 

 when they first came into bearing. These I would bag. Have tried about 

 thirty varieties experimentally, but had poor success with them unless they were 

 covered in winter. I planted one-year-old vines when setting the vineyard, but 

 used two-year-old when resetting and when planting experimentally. Set them 

 eight feet apart. Cultivate with a disk harrow. Prune on fan system, after the 

 leaves have fallen ; do not summer prune, as I cannot see any benefit in it. I 

 think a three-wire trellis is best. Bag only for home use, as it is too much 

 trouble. Gather in ten- or twenty-pound baskets, but prefer eight-pound baskets. 

 Market at home, Kansas City, and west of here. I consider them a fairly paying 

 crop. Have put up unfermented grape juice for home use. Heat the juice to 170 

 degrees, then bottle, and surround the cork with paraffin wax; and when we get 

 ready to use it half of it is usually gone. 



O. K. WILCOE, Corning, Nemaha county : I have fifty grape-vines growing on 

 a southern slope ; they are Concord. Would recommend Concord, as it is pro- 

 ductive and hardy. I prefer vigorous one-year-old vines, set twelve feet each 

 way; cultivate first year, then mulch ; prune back to one or two stalks in spring, 

 to force the fruit. Never bag them ; it does not pay for home use. They are a 

 paying crop if cared for. 



