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bowed outwardly, are liable to be dis- 

 placed by the passing plow, harrow, 

 cultivator, or even animals or careless 

 persons. 2nd. The slips are in that 

 form too much exposed to the weather, 

 and in danger of drying out. 3rd. A 

 large hollow or space is formed be- 

 tween the curvature of the slips and 

 disbarked trunk wherein wet collects, 

 remains, and establishes decay. My 

 mode, practised for years, is as follows: 

 Take straight, vigorous, well-ripened 

 wood, of last year's growth — draw with 

 pencil and straight-edge two vertical 

 and parallel lines, one-half inch apart 

 on the gnawed trunk, and for two 



Fig. 39. 



Fio. 40. 



inches above and below. With a half 

 inch gouge take out the gnawed wood 

 between the parallel lints to a depth 

 sufficient to about half-bury the slip ; 

 next, with a sharp knife, cut through 

 the bark on the parallel lines an inch- 

 and-a half or two inches above and 

 below the groove made with the gouge. 



with a half-inch chisel lift carefully, 

 but do not destroy or break the tongue 

 of the bark between these parallel 

 lines. If early in the season the bark 

 will not readily peel and the sharp 

 chisel must be used to separate the liber 

 or inner vital bark from the wood, yet a 

 few fibres remaining and still adhering 

 to the wood will do no harm. Form the 

 slip thus : — 



Lay the shorter side in the groove 

 above named bringing the sear- 

 fed or feathered ends to rest upon the 

 living albumem above and below, bring 

 down the tongue of the living bark 

 that was raised with the chisel upon 

 the ends, fastening firmly with strips 

 of old leather, kept in place with 

 carpet tacks. Iron is not unfriendly 

 to the apple wood ; besides, as growth 

 proceeds they will be thrown out. 

 Wax well to make air and rain proof. 

 When the girdling has been done near 

 enough to the ground to admit of bank- 

 ing up with earth, I use no wax at the 

 lower insertion. Done in this manner, 

 success is certain — the slip acquiring a 

 thickness of from one to two inches the 

 first season, and causing the ti-ee at that 

 part to look fluted and neat — almost 

 ornamental compared to the old way. 



THE MILLS.-A NEW GRAPE. 



WE are indebted to Messrs. EU- 

 wanger ^s: Barry, of Roches- 

 ter, for the accompanying cut of the 

 new grape, which is otTered for sale this 

 spring for the first time. The Mills 

 is a Canadian seedling and was i-aised 

 by W. H. Mills, of Hamilton, Ont., a 

 gentleman who has in time past done 

 much to forward the interests of our 

 Association. The object was to pro 



duce a variety possessing the high 

 qualities of the foreign grape, in addi- 

 tion to the vigor and productiveness 

 of a native, and in this it appears that 

 Mr. Mills has been successful. It is a 

 cross between the Muscat Hamburgh 

 and the Creveling, and the berry is 

 large, jet black, and covered with a 

 thick bloom. The flesh is described as 

 firm, meaty, juicy, breaking with a 



