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FRUIT GARDEN COMPANION. 



and well ripened, it should be cut lower until you 



are satisfied. 



Having thus selected your fruiting wood, the next 

 consideration is to leave eyes for the next year's 

 wood, which is done by cutting the shoots of last 

 year's growth to two or three eyes, from which a 

 supply of young wood will be obtained for summer 

 training, as before directed, for the next year's fruit- 

 ing. When the pruning is completed, the wood 

 must be neatly tied with bass mat, or other string, to 

 the trellis, and if any loose bark or rubbish be about 

 it, it should be cleaned away. 



Naturalizing the foreign grape. 



Art. 6. — Growing the Grape from Seed. 



It is little to be doubted that the native grape, as 

 well as other fruits indigenous to this country, will 

 be at no very distant day. much improved by rais- 

 ing new varieties from seed, especially if the native 

 varieties are crossed by the foreign, as. the native 

 Isabella with the foreign Black Hamburgh, and the 

 Scupernong with the White Sweetwater, Cbasselas, 

 &c. of Europe. 



From this crossing it is very probable that the 

 flavor of the native varieties will be much improved, 

 and at the same time they, being natural to the cli- 

 mate, will retain all the hardy qualities requisite to 

 the country. It is much to be hoped that every 

 encouragement will be given to such persons as enter 

 into raising seedling grapes of the country . such 

 persons should be patronized by premiums from 

 the different Horticultural Societies, which would 

 stimulate many to embark in a business that would 



