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monotonous diet of a sailing ship, and 

 my system being greatly reduced, I 

 determined to try for a time a diet con 

 sisting almost exclusively of grapes. 

 The result was rapid re-establishment 

 of all the bodily functions, and a feel- 

 ing of more than ordinary strength 

 andagility. I was prompted whilein San 

 Francisco, Cal., to resort to the grape 

 cure for the second time ; the result 

 being satisfactory, I recommended the 

 cure to several persons who were much 

 run down with over-work and bad diet, 

 and I had the satisfaction to see a rapid 

 gain both in weight and appetite." 



It having been sufficiently demon- 

 strated that the methodical and rational 

 use of grape juice breaks up all habits 

 of nutrition, rapidly reconstructs the 

 blood, and exercises a salutary influ- 

 ence upon the nervous system, it fol- 

 lows as a rational sequence that the 

 grape cure would be the natural and 

 most efficacious reinedy for many per- 

 sons in our large cities who, in conse- 

 quence of extreme heat and improperly 

 cooked food, suffer from congested livers 

 and intestinal catarrh, and who delude 

 themselves with the popular fallacy 

 that malaria is the source of all their 

 troubles Overworked clerks and news- 

 paper men, who keep late hours and 

 live on boarding-house fare, may derive 

 from the vegetable milk of the luscious 

 and inoffensive grape a rational means 

 by which to re-establish those physio 

 logical conditions so essential to clear 

 thought and a proper discharge of their 

 wearisome duties — and which is alone 

 worth living. 



For years past a New York city firm 

 has sold pure grape juice at five cents a 

 "•lass or twenty-five cents a bottle, that 

 can be carried to invalids and old 

 people at their homes. The business of 

 these firms during the grape season has 

 been simply immense. As long as 

 fresh grapes can be had, small hand 

 presses upon the counter are used for 

 expressing the juice, each person select- 

 ing his own grapes, if he chooses, from 

 anv of the different varieties on hand. 



and paying five cents per glass for 

 what he may drink, and very often the 

 same person will drink two or three 

 glasses. At the close of the grape sea- 

 son they usually grind and press large 

 quantities of grapes, principally Con- 

 cords, the juice from which is filtered 

 or strained and put away in barrels, in 

 a temperature always below 40°, where 

 it will remain fresh and sweet until 

 grapes come a^ain, as fermentation 

 cannot take place in so low a tempera- 

 ture. 



This is probably but the beginning 

 of the use of " unfermented grape 

 juice " in this country ; and the demand 

 for grapes for this purpose, and as a 

 healtiiful beverage for the people in 

 general, added to the immense quantity 

 to be used in making unfermented 

 wine by evaporation, that will keep in 

 its present state for years, in all cli- 

 mates, and can be shipped cheaply 

 all over the world, will render 

 the over-production of grapes in 

 the United States quite improb- 

 able. 



Feptilizeps for the Grape. 



JosiAH H COPES, ill the N. Y. Tribune, 

 says : " Good stable manure thoroughly 

 rotted is the best invigorator for grapes : 

 whether organic fertilizers are best for 

 health and longevity of the vine is 

 anothi-r question. Application of bones 

 to the grape border is of greatest impor- 

 tance, as careful examination of the 

 roots will prove. Ground or unbroken 

 bone is preferable to the material in 

 an unbroken condition, as it allows of 

 a more even distribution and hastens 

 disintegration. Grape-roots, however, 

 will push a long distance in a straight 

 line, to obtain this much-coveted food. 

 Some years :-ince, in removing a vine, 

 it was found that the roots on one side 

 were much stronger than the others, 

 and curiosity as to the cause instigated 

 a careful search for the extremities or 

 feeding rootlets. After several feet had 

 been uncovered the bones of a dead 



