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Grapes, continued. 



very cold weather, the boxes can be piled so as to allow the 

 remaining moisture to escape through a crevice about the 

 width of a knife-blade. Before packing, each bunch should 

 be examined, and all injured, cracked and rotten berries 

 removed with suitable scissors. J^two layers are packed in 

 a box, a sheet of paper should intervene. The boxes must 

 be kept in a cool, dry room or passage, at an even tempera- 

 ture. If the thermometer goes much below freezing-point, a 

 blanket or newspaper can be thrown over them, to be re- 

 moved in mild weather. Looking over them once in the 

 winter and removing defective berries will suffice, the 

 poorest keepers being placed accessible. Under this treat- 

 ment the best keepers will be in good edible order as late as 

 February, after which they deteriorate. 



The following is a list of grapes worth noticing, that have 

 been tested for keeping : 



Description. 



List of Grapes to be Recommended. 



f M. 



Nov. 1st : Lady, Antoinette, Carlotta, Belinda. 



Dec. 1st. Lady Washington, Peter Wiley, Mason, Worden, 

 Senasqua, RomelPs Superior, Ricketts' No. 546, 

 Concord, Delaware. 



Jan. isl. Duchess, Essex, Barry, Rockland, Favorite, Aminia, 

 Garber, Massasoit, Dempsey's No. 5, Burnett, 

 Undine, Allen's Hybrid, Agawam, Gen. Pope, 

 Francis Scott. 



Jan. 15th. j Salem, Vergennes, El Dorado. 



Feb. 1st. 



Wilder, Herbert, Peabody, Rogers' No. 30, Gsertner, 

 Marv and Owosso. 



Orange. — Aside from the customary wrapping of oranges in 

 tissue paper and packing them in boxes, burying in dry sand 

 is sometimes practiced. The fruit is first wrapped in tissue 

 paper, and it should be buried in such manner that the fruit 

 shall not be more than three tiers deep. 



