CHAPTER NINE 
TONS OF GRAPES 
Tue one fruit that, next to apples, should con- 
stitute a prime article of diet, is the grape. Not 
only in the vineyard can we have tons, but literally 
tons more on our buildings, and still other tons on 
our trees, rockeries, stone walls, fences, stumps, 
and arbors. The best grapes can be made to 
climb trees and cover our barns as easily as the 
wild ones. In this way utility combines with beauty. 
Vines grow quickly and come soon to bearing. 
If the market is poor, eat grapes, and let the chil- 
dren have all they desire. It is cheaper and better 
food than meat and vegetables, and they never tire 
of it. I recommend that you go out before break- 
fast and sample a half dozen sorts; repeat the ex- 
periment before dinner, and, if the digestion is 
poor, take nothing else for supper. Take an en- 
thusiastic friend with you, and make notes, dis- 
cuss and compare, and so your vineyard will be an 
annex to your library and study. 
