200 TREES AND TREE-PLANTING. 
THE ELSANBOROUGH GRAPE. 
The Elsanborough vine is indigenous to New Jersey, 
where it was originally produced. It is noted for the 
production of a sweet, juicy fruit, which grows in me- 
dium-sized clusters, of a blue color, and is said to make 
an agreeable wine. 
THE CAROLINA GRAPE. 
This variety is esteemed as a table fruit. Its berries 
are large, of an oblate form, pale-red color, sweet, pleas- 
ant-flavored, and juicy. The original vine is said to have 
been found on the eastern coast of Maryland. It is 
deemed suitable to our climate as far north as Philadel- 
phia, and might be successfully cultivated as a wall fruit 
in much higher latitudes. This, with the other varieties, 
may be propagated from seed, cuttings, or layers, and by 
grafting and inoculation. 
In planting the grape-vine, the first consideration nec- 
essary to success is the choosing of a favorable site; this 
should be facing south or east. 
Having pitched upon the ground, the next operation 
is to dig parallel trenches, at from five to ten feet apart, 
according as the ground is flat or steep. Where the 
slope is considerable it will be only necessary to have 
these trenches five feet apart, and as the situation ap- 
proaches to a plain or level surface the full distance of 
ten feet will be required between each trench. The 
trenches should be dug to the depth of two feet on a 
plain surface, and to four feet on a hill-side, in order that 
the roots may penetrate to moisture and be beyond the 
reach of drought. In selecting cuttings, they should be 
chosen from the most fruitful and healthy part of the 
vine, and cut off close to the parent stem; and, as the 
top buds of all shoots are unfruitful, they should be 
trimmed off in an oblique direction, the sloping side 
being opposite that containing the uppermost bud. The 
