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fruit. Continue this practice through the growing season. Each 

 bunch can be tied to the main shoot and the fruit will hang between 

 the wires. 



In December or January the vines should be pruned back to 

 one good eye next to the main shoot, and from this eye comes your 

 next growth which will produce fruit. After pruning, the canes should 

 be securely tied in place for the next season. Vines are not very 

 frequently attacked by insects or fungous diseases, mildew being the 

 principal offender. This can be checked by an appUcation of sulphuric 

 acid as recommended for Gooseberries (which see). 



Grapes are propagated by cuttings taken froth the ripened 

 growths, cut into pieces and inserted in sand or soil, where they soon 

 root. 



The K effen system of pruning Grape vines, which is fully explained In the chapter 

 on Pruning. See page 190 



The following varieties are all good, but each locality has its 

 favorite sorts: 



Black. — Concord, Moore's Early, Campbell's Early 



Red. — Catawba, Delaware, Lucile. 



White. — Green Mountain, Niagara, Moore's Diamond. 



No garden is complete without Strawberries, and as they are so 

 easily grown, no garden should be without them. What is nicer than 

 a dish of Strawberries picked fresh from your own garden? Straw- 

 berries like a rich soil, and well repay a very liberal appUcation of 

 fertilizer. The best time to plant a bed 

 STRAWBERRIES is in September, when the young plants 

 are just ready. Select an open piece of 

 ground away from tall trees or shrubs; dig in a liberal dressing of 

 well rotted farmyeird manure, with a sprinkJing of bonemeal, and in 

 this plant your Strawberries one foot apart in the rows and two feet 

 between the rows. 



After the first hard frost throw over them some light protection — 

 straw, old hay or anything that will not be Uable to pack down on the 



