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Show WHAT TO PLANT. Selection of Variety of Grape Vina Calls for Careful Consideration. A vlueynrdlst has this to say nbout planting grape vines: Had I planted fewer varieties and tested one, I mlghl have been better situated. Out of 7!S varieties of grapes that I am fruiting I would not recommend more than six for commercial purposes. Tho others nro only good for exhibition or for experiment ex-periment stutlons. This will hold good In nearly all kinds of small fruits. Straw Ixirrli'H ant about tho same. Ol thu several varieties I have growing tlvo comprise tho renlly good ones Soil and conditions or eulturn must be tuken Into consideration, for overy ono growing strawberries will find out thnt thoy nro very greatly Inlluoncod hy tho locality In which they grow Tho strawberry that does well on light soils limy not thrive on the heavy soils Thu grower must study his soil as well as his varieties. Tho bust strawberry I ovor grow would not soil on account of a white tip. I hnvo now discarded It. People buy fruit by tho eyo and not by quality. Ab to gooseberrlos and currants, there Is no use In planting tho small kinds, as tho public Is demanding de-manding the Inrgur varieties regardless regard-less of quallt) Of grapes I would plant thu following Moore's Kurly, Wordou. Concord. N'lttgura. Woodrufl Ited. Of strawberries 1 would rucom mend Warfleld, Senator Dunlnp and Annua. Of gooseberries 1 would plant Downing. Tho best curruuts art Pomona and Cherry. |