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Thinning Grape Foliage; 
Pruning Currants 
My grapevine lias made such a heavy 
growth of foliage that the bunches of 
green fruit are practically hidden from 
sunshine and air. Should I cut out part 
of the foliage, or will grapes ripen nat¬ 
urally? I have been advised that wild 
grapes ripen in their natural environ¬ 
ment. and the same ought to apply to the 
domestic or cultivated variety. Again, 
is it advisable at this time or before Win¬ 
ter to cut out the surplus growth in cur¬ 
rant bushes? w. E. R. 
The only danger that a lack of sun¬ 
shine and a circulation of air presents in 
this instance is from the mildews and 
black rot. If the vines have been thor¬ 
oughly and timely sprayed these need not 
be seriously considered at this time. So 
far as fruit coloring and ripening is con¬ 
cerned, the shade will not be a factor, as 
the coloring matter is manufactured in 
the leaves. The correct proportion of leaf 
surface to the load of fruit carried in¬ 
sures well-colored fruit. A slight amount 
of thinning of the foliage to insure air 
drainage may be done without injury, hut 
only to the extent that circulation may 
he freer. 
The currant should he pruned some 
time after the fall of the leaves, and can 
be delayed even until just before the 
starting of growth in the Spring. Some 
prefer t'he Fall cutting; others delay it 
until Spring. Usually from five to eight 
canes of the previous season’s growth are 
retained for fruiting. F- E. G. 
Vinegar from Preserved 
Cider 
We find a large number of people who 
last year added benzoate of soda to fresh 
cider with the idea of keeping it sweet. 
Now for some reason they want to turn 
the cider into vinegar but the chemicals 
prevent the prompt development. What 
can be done to hasten such preserved 
cider into vinegar? The following ad 
vice is given by a chemist: 
Benzoate of soda will check the na¬ 
tural process of vinegar making. If used 
in small amounts the cider may sour to 
a certain extent, but the resulting taste 
will be disagreeable. If the cider is sour, 
vinegar mother might hasten the process 
and bring about fair results. 
If the cider is still sweet, yeast may 
be used to start the fermentation. Dis¬ 
solve one cake of yeast in water, as in 
bread making, add a small amount of 
cider, about one pint of dissolved yeast 
to three of cider and allow to ferment. 
About lb. of this mixture well fer¬ 
mented may be added to a 50-gallon bar¬ 
rel. Take out about five gallons to give 
an air space and place the barrel out¬ 
doors so it may have plenty of oxygen. 
Stir well once a week. When the cider 
is completely sour, vinegar mother added 
will be helpful in bringing about the 
formation of acetic acid. 
Raspberry Cane-borer 
Last Spring I set out 100 Cuthbert 
raspberry _ plants, expecting to get some 
berries this season, but I am disappoint¬ 
ed. The tops of this year’s canes are dy¬ 
ing— ; not all of them, but a part. They 
seem to be girdled near the top. and die 
above the girdle. Can you tell me the 
cause for this? A part of the plants have 
berries on them, but they will never ma¬ 
ture. They seem to be very hard and 
look the same as they did a week ago. 
Could raspberry plants he set out on too 
rich soil? v. M. G. 
The girdling and consequent wilting 
of tips of the new canes is probably due 
to the cane-borer. This insect lays eggs 
in the new shoots near the tips and then 
punctures the cane below the spot where 
the egg has been laid in such a way that 
the cane is frequently girdled and results 
in death. It is a good practice to cut off 
these shoots just below the point of wilt¬ 
ing and destroy them. In this way many 
of the eggs are removed from the planta¬ 
tion. The next year the damage may be 
more severe than this year, caused by the 
larvse boring downward through bearing 
canes and killing them just when a crop 
is in sight. Ordinarily with the precau¬ 
tion mentioned, and with the prompt re¬ 
moval of old fruiting canes after the har¬ 
vest, little trouble will he experienced 
from the eane J borers. The small, hard 
berries give one the impression of being 
due to plants affected with mosaic or 
yellows. Mosaic dwarfs the plants. The 
securing of disease-free stock and thor¬ 
ough roguing is recommended. There is 
little danger of planting raspberries in 
too rich ground. H. B. T. 
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a shield for steel 
S TREAKS of red stand out against the sky. 
Tiny figures suspended in midair cover the 
steel cables of the bridge with red-lead. 
From the time the bridge is built, rust seeks to 
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Between 1860 and 1920 the world’s 
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Where red-lead saves metal 
On the farm red-lead is an impor¬ 
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This painter is risking his life to give the 
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fulness of machinery and tools. 
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