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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1906 



Delicate Women -De 



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A Sure Way to Have Grapes Free 

 From Blemish 



IMMEDIATELY after the grapes have 

 blossomed, cover the bunches with two- or 

 three- pound manila grocers' bags, according 

 to the size of the variety. This is preeminently 

 a fruit-garden method, although commercial 

 growers often use it. It is the surest and 

 often the most practical way of securing per- 

 fect bunches. Tie or pin the mouth of the 

 bag firmly; leave no opening to catch water. 

 Cut a small piece off the lower corner of the 

 bag, so that no water will stay in it. Leave 

 the bag on until the fruit is ready to pick. 

 It gives almost complete protection from the 

 berry moth, black rot, mildew, the depreda- 

 tions of birds and wasps, and preserves the 

 bloom. The flavor of the fruit is slightly 

 improved by bagging. The total cost, 

 including bags and labor, is about half a 

 cent a pound, which is very little to pay for 

 immunity. Bagging grapes has been very 

 successful in many parts of the country, and 

 is often the most expedient method for the 

 man who has only a few vines. It may 

 take the place of spraying, but it will usually 

 pay to spray twice, once before the buds 

 burst, and again just before the bags are 

 put on. 



SOME OF THE CHIEF TROUBLES 



The enemies of the grape are really not so 

 numerous or so virulent as to keep any- 

 body from growing grapes at home. The 

 most serious troubles are easily controlled by 

 three to six sprayings during the season, of 

 Bordeaux mixture. On the whole, no other 

 fruit is benefited so much by Bordeaux spray- 

 ing as the grape, especially since the vines 

 are close to the ground where they can be 

 sprayed very conveniently. It costs, on an 

 average, from three to five cents per vine to 

 protect grapes from their fungous enemies. 

 In the humid parts of the country, especially 

 in the South, black rot and mildew ruin many 

 promising crops of grapes in the home gar- 

 den. A few inexpensive sprayings will pre- 

 vent most of this loss. 



THE FIVE SERIOUS INSECTS 



The phylloxera is a root-louse that is very 

 destructive only to the European varieties. This 

 insect, and the downy mildew are chiefly re- 

 sponible for the failure of the European varie- 

 ties in the East, and threatened at one time to 

 wipe out the grape industry of Europe. The 

 phylloxera destroyed 2,500,000 acres of grapes 

 in France alone. Most of our native grapes 

 are immune to the attack of this insect. Hence 

 the practice of grafting the European varieties 



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