Six Grape Vines

A few days ago whilo talking on toe subj et of Rrapes to a frieod, who has raoeniy bought a f mal! pieoe of gronnd and milt a house upon il, intending to make it a picasant home, he eolicited iiiy advioe ca two pointe about growing grapes. Ia the yard in the rear of bis house, there ia ouly room to plant sir vinee , and he wauted to know in the first plaoe, what good variety to select, and when selected, how to plank thcm ao that the vioes would grow and bear well. In reply to the first questioo, I told liim to plant four wtíil grown, one year old Conoords, one Delaware, and ouo lona, to niake up bi list _of sis kinds. The Goucord, slthough not up to the standard of esoullenoe in quality to either the Delaware or loca hs a table grape, gtill its vigorouu habiU of grow tb and produotiveness make t a favorita Bort wherover it is known. It growe rapi fly and bears abundantly, so that wlion the Conoord is planted in a city yard, one is always curtain of having plenty of fruit, even if it is not of the best ijuility. Tiiis variety bears the sime rlaiios to tbs lis' of grapeH that the li-il'lwiii doe among apples, the Barlw iu peais, and Wilson'g Albany ■mo ig Btruwbcrries. The CoDeord is not and run ii' t be rated as number one iu ij i ili y, but i uut liv Hiiy nieans un inferior table grape. When well grown, it is a !.i: bei ry and bunch, and th fruit ia ütocioiing mure popular a t e bec niiiinj la'i'cr known to consumers In the N"w Vork market the present ieaso:i, ite Concord sohi as readily as any other varioty and at rates pel pwad, taking seaaon through, only a tri:io ower llim tl.o old anti favorite arirty, tbfl Cu:;i l ba. Tlio iUality of the Dolaw,irfi ba? neer bo ii .ju stioued. Wlien the fruit is ripe, ir. it. always of guod quality. Bu tbe (irawback to its oulture i" ils natur ally liw tia its of yrowlh. The ripen id wood nf th. Deliware 'm htrp-pointed, n, x -eodiugiv hmú for grape-wood Uro'-vois unie 1d(; patienoe with it on tiiis account, und hitve it rooted up anJ rt.'plnocd by suniu other kind. liut iu 1 mw couutries, favorable for a vigor ous giowth of tbe Delaware, it geuerally givi.-f atisfnctiun o quality and iu quantity of fruit. The lona has alwaye bad, muJ s ill raUiOH excellence of qualUt wbeo the fruit ia fully ripeued. Thi variciy was seriously injured by its bost friend", when it was ñrst introduoed. There wri thousands of vineo pmpaga'ed front green wood, and sent all over the country. The vines propagated íb Iiíh way, when i lai ed in the open övld, ga e poor sttisfaelion to thijiurciu.atii'H, and vtry soon untavorablv rpi' ts ivo'6 circulated, coudemning the lona as not buiug hardy, subjeot to rot, mildew, etc. U has taken everal years to overoome popular prej idiuo against the lont, mai'ily on account of the poor results purcli iscrs bad who planted some ot thone wuo-k vines tli.it wcro prinoipalb propagiitid. (rom green W"od. There is no doubt but tha' this variety des inherit some of the bad q.alities of its paren t ; but uotwitbstauding there will be large plantatioog made of the lona, for wiue making purposes, in some grapo growing seciions In the latitude of New York, wbere hu ama eur ba room for only ten or twlve grape vines, it is well uno 'gh to inclu 1 ; tho Lnua in the list when plaDting; a, vine or two; but not rely upm it for the principal supuly of fruit. In case he does it is more tban likeiy tbat be ill be sorcly d8ppoioted.-