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Grapes, description of American varieties, . . . 318 to 321 



description of foreign varieties, . . . 297 to 318 



new kinds, how to raise, .... 149 



thinning of berries, .... 122, 123 



varieties for the cold grapery, . . . 299 



varieties for cultivation in the open air, 155, 158, 194, 196, 197, 201, 



206, 212. 



varieties for cultivation at the south, . . .207 



varieties for forcing-house, .... 299 



varieties for general planting, .... 297 



varieties for the retarding-house, . . . 297 



Grape-house, how situated, . . . . . 19, 20 



Grape vine, age of, . «... . 15 



age of, for planting, .... 112 



bleeding of, .... . 138 



composition wash for killing insects, . . . 120 



cultivation in the grapery for five years, . . 114 to 130 



cultivation in the open air, .... 155 



cultivation in the retarding-house, . . 147 



cultivation o^ in pots, ..... 145 



early fruiting of, . . . . . 86, 89 



forcing oi; . 66, 77, 80, 114, 116, 121, 136 to 147 



fruit, proper quantity to ripen, 122, 125, 130, 157, 247, 268, 



272, 273. 

 grafting of, ... 



history of, . 



how cultivated in the greenhouse, 

 how protected in the grapery in winter, 

 how raised, 



how to plant in grapery, (See Planting.) 

 how to plant in the vineyard, . 

 how to protect from the frost in the open air, 

 how trained in grapery, (see Training.) 

 how trained in th'e vineyard, 181, 195, 204, 213, 216, 217 



limit to its successful cultivation, . . 15,18,178 



pruning of^ (See Pruning.) 



pruning, representation o^ 115, 155, 219, 234 



rapid growth of, . . . . . 87 



remarkable for age or size, eta, . . 130, 134 



vineyard, cultivation of, in U. S., . 158 to 219 



vineyard cultivation, European systema, 161 to 190 



