FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
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Peaches have been fruited to a limited extent about St. 
Paul, by training near the ground, and covering during the 
winter. It is thought by those who have tried this experiment 
that they may be grown in this way largely, and with profit. 
Pears have been cultivated somewhat in the same way, and 
have borne well when covered properly. 
On our heavy clay soils, we hear of some orchards coming 
into bearing, and no doubt many parts of the country will pro¬ 
duce apples of the more hardy kinds. In the moister regions 
of Lake Superior, where the snow covers the earth to a great 
depth the entire winter, fruit as far as it has been planted 
has done well, and no doubt, in time, much of the fruit con¬ 
sumed in the interior and west of the lake, will be grown in 
that country, which seems to resemble Canada, on the Saint 
Lawrence. Orchard houses will probably be very common 
with the wealthy of the great North-west. 
In regard to varieties here, we would state that all have suf¬ 
fered, at one time or another, since the winter of 1855 and ’56. 
Those best suited to eastern Wisconsin we find to do here on 
the heaviest soils, but how well, still remains to be tested by 
time. 
Our hope, as intimated above is in the production of hardier 
varieties, either from seed or from hybridizing with the Siberian 
Crab, for all soils and locations. 
GRAPES IN COLD VINERIES. 
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BY J. C. URE, GRAPETON GARDENS, NEAR CHICAGO. 
The Border .—In making a vine border , I first set posts, of 
some durable wood, for the foundation of the grapery, allowing 
them to come two feet above the surface. I then cart in good 
surface soil, (I have a sandy soil) sufficient to form the border, 
both inside and outside, allowing its depth to be two feet; all 
above the original surface. This elevation gives partial drain¬ 
age. 
