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more' encouraging results. 



During the next year, there was a still greater differ, 

 ence in Jhe- comparative luxuriance of the two lots of 

 vines. The same method of pruning was pursued that 

 had been attempted on the first Clintons. On the unma- 

 nured border I met with pretty good success with all the 

 varieties except the Clinton. With this I succeeded bet- 

 ter than before, but the results were nevertheless any^ 

 thing but satisfactory. Next to the Clinton, the Concord 

 was most difficult to manage. On the manured portion, I 

 experienced but little trouble with Isabellas and Cataw- 

 bas ; with the Concord there was some difficulty ; but the 

 Clinton seemed perfectly incorrigible. 



All of the vines bore fruit. On the unmanured border, 

 the fruit was reduced to one bunch on each cane ; the 

 grapes ripened thoroughly, were of good flavor, and in 

 every way equalled my expectations. I regarded this re- 

 sult with no small degree of satisfaction, even of delight, 

 because I looked upon it as an indication of future suc- 

 cess. On the manured border the vines manifested a less 

 disposition to fruit, and the one bunch allowed to each 

 ' cane did not ripen so thoroughly, or become so sweet and 

 palatable as those on the other border. This was particu- 

 larly the case with the Catawba. The benefit to the 

 Clintons on the old border, from the underdraining, was 

 more marked than it had been the year before. 



