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Trellis is made of posts acd two or three wires. I never tried summer pruning. 

 Do not bag them. Market my grapes at Wa Keeney. I do not consider them a 

 paying crop on bottom land. 



C. C. COOK, Bradford, Wabaunsee county: I have 100 grape-vines growing 

 on upland having a northeast slope. My varieties are: Concord, Niagara, 

 Moore's Diamond, Moore's Early, Pocklington, Worden, Ives, Clinton, and 

 McPike. The lyes may not be true to name; I would recommend all the 

 varieties named except Ives. I have been experimenting with McPike, which 

 had forty bunches on a vine three years old. I put out in spring of 1898 a one- 

 year-old McPike grape-vine; last spring (1900) I trimmed it to one arm, and it 

 broke forth in fourteen shoots, and, on July 28, was carrying forty fine bunches. 

 I plant one-year-old vines. Set them eight and ten feet, in single rows, in the or~ 

 chard. Cultivate with a disk and five-tooth cultivator and double-shovel. 

 Prune when the vines are dormant, leaving two eyes to the cane. My trellis is 

 of wire, on six-foot posts. Summer prune when there is an excessive growth and 

 danger of the crop being robbed. Never bag my grapes, as the market will not 

 warrant it. Gather by snapping off the bunches. Market in twenty-pound bas- 

 kets, and sell at home. I consider them a paying crop. I have put up unfer- 

 mented grape juice and shall put up some this year. Press the grapes in a 

 cider-mill, and boil, skim and seal up the juice without sweetening. 



C. C. GARDINER, Bradford, Wabaunsee county: I have 1200 grapes in Shaw- 

 nee county and 200 in Wabaunsee county, planted on black loam having a south- 

 ern slope. My varieties are Concord, Catawba, Dracut Amber, and Clinton. 

 Have discarded Catawba because it was not hardy, Dracut Amber not fruitful, 

 Clinton was too poor. Would recommend Concord, as it is hardy, prolific, sure 

 to bear, and reliable. Would plant one- and two-year-old vines, 8x10 feet; till 

 with a cultivator and hoe. Prune in the spring, just before the sap starts. My 

 trellis is of posts and smooth wire ; the top wire is five feet from the ground. I 

 do not summer prune; I do not consider it necessary, and think the leaves are 

 needed to help mature the fruit. Have never bagged the fruit, and would not 

 advise it, as we get good enough fruit without, and it would not pay. I cut with 

 shears, and place in ten- to twenty-pound baskets, and market at home; people 

 come for them. They do not pay well, as a rule. I have put up unfermented 

 grape juice; press the juice from the fruit, heat, and hermetically seal. 



C. H. TAYLOR, Eskridge, Wabaunsee county : I have one-half acre of grapes, 

 planted on limestone land sloping to the northeast. Varieties tried are Concord, 

 Moore's Early, Niagara, Ives. Delaware, Catawba, Dracut Amber, and Worden. 

 Have discarded all excepting the three first ; they are tender and unproductive. 

 Would recommend Concord, Moore's Early, and Niagara. Plant strong one- 

 year-old vines, eight feet apart; cultivate shallow, with five-tooth cultivator and 

 harrow. Prune in December and January, and some in summer, to promote 

 growth and ripening of fruit. My trellis is strong wire. Have bagged to protect 

 specimens, but do not advise it, as it is too expensive. Cut with long stems and 

 handle carefully; pack in shallow boxes; market at home, or local markets. 

 They aggregate $150 per acre; I consider them a fairly good, paying crop. I 

 sometimes put up unfermented grape juice; press the juice from fresh grapes 

 and seal scalding hot in bottles or jars. 



M. T. GRIGGS, Wallace, Wallace county : I have only fifteen vines, planted in 

 nice sandy loam on high land, sixty feet to water. Have had very good success 

 with the Concord. Plant two-year-old vines, eight to ten feet apart. Cultivate 



