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apart; prune early in the spring; use posts and wires for a tpellis; cultivate with 

 a double-shovel plow and a hoe; do not mulch. Have tried Concord, Niagara, 

 Clinton, Delaware, Goethe, and Moore's; have discarded Clinton, as it is 

 poor-flavored. Concord is the best variety for this locality; I would recommend 

 it and Goethe and Niagara. I would not advise extensive planting here unless 

 the culture and weather improve. Have tried sacking the fruit and think it 

 pays. We put up unfermented grape juice; can it in fruit cans. Prospect for 

 grapes in this county seems to be good. More systematic culture of grape-vines 

 would improve the growth. I think the soil and climate adapted to grape cul- 

 ture, but our people need more education along this line. 



A. CHANDLER, Argentine, Wyandotte county: I have six acres of grape- 

 vines growing on clay upland. Prefer an eastern slope. Set yearling vines, 7x8 

 feet. Prune in November, to three canes. I also prune the rank growth during 

 summer, beyond the fourth leaf. Use a three-wire trellis. Cultivate my vines 

 shallow with a plow and seven-tooth harrow ; a five- or seventh-tooth cultivator 

 is the best implement for this work. Do not mulch the vines. Have tried 

 Champion, Worden, Moore's Early, Concord, Niagara, Moore's Diamond, Dela- 

 ware, and Wyoming. Have discarded Champion, Hartford Prolific, and Dela- 

 ware, as we have better varieties than these. Moore's Early and Concord do 

 best here. Use eight- and eleven-pound baskets for marketing the fruit in; the 

 latter is preferable ; sell in Kansas City, receiving one and one-half to two cents 

 per pound for them. They are profitable, but I would not advise extensive 

 planting. I have sacked the fruit, but not to any extent ; it would pay at two 

 and one-half cents per pound. We put up unfermented grape juice first press 

 out the juice and then heat to 200 degrees and seal tight. 



W. D. CELLAR, Edwardsville, Wyandotte county : Have one acre of grape- 

 vines growing on clay subsoil sloping to the east. They are Concord, Elvira, 

 Goethe, Champion, Dracut Amber, Moore's Early, and Worden. Will discard 

 Elvira and Champion poor quality; Goethe, not hardy; and Dracut Amber, not 

 productive. Would recommend Concord, Moore's Early, and Worden. I set 

 one-year-old vines, 8x8 feet. My vineyard is seeded down to clover and has been 

 for four years. Prune any time in winter ; cut away all I dare, "and then some." 

 Do not summer prune. My trellis is wire. Cannot afford to bag my grapes. 

 Hire girls to cut my grapes, at one cent per eight-pound basket. Market in west- 

 ern Kansas and Colorado, realizing all the way from nothing to fifty dollars per 

 acre. I have a neighbor who has made it pay. Grapes are rotting badly in this 

 locality this year (1900), probably due to excessive rain. 



MA j. FRANK HOLSINGER, Rosedale, Wyandotte county : I have seven acres of 

 grapes, planted on clay and second-bottom alluvial soil. Some are on an eastern 

 and some on a southern slope, and some on the hilltop, but can see no differ- 

 ence. Set one-year-old vines, 8 x8 feet apart. Prune during the winter, when I 

 can do little else, by leaving not more than three vines for bearing. Have 

 pruned during summer, but see no good results. Don't think it pays. My trel- 

 lis is made of seven-foot posts and No. 12 wire. Till them about the same as I do 

 corn, with a double-shovel or common cultivator. Do not mulch. Have tried 

 Concord, Worden, Moore's Early, Champion, Catawba, Early Ohio, Delaware, 

 Elvira, Wyoming Red, Hicks, and Niagara. Have discarded all excepting Wor- 

 den, Concord, Champion, and Moore's Early, as they were unprofitable for mar- 

 ket. The Concord, Moore's Early, Worden and Champion do best here, and I 

 would recommend the same for this locality. Gather in peck baskets, and sell 

 in open packages from the wagon on public square in Kansas City, Mo., realizing" 



