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Show BOTTLED PTE A PES. Grape-growers In the United Btates may derive a useful hint from a process, as yet-unknown yet-unknown on this . side of the water, by which vine growers In Francs are enabled to market fresh outdoor grapes all through the winter. The method, which is a recent Invention, is both curious and Interesting. ' Bunches of the flnast grapes, when ripe In autumn, are cut In such a way that to each bunch a piece of the vine five or six inches long remains attached. From this piece the stem of the bunch hangs an arrangement ar-rangement which, as will presently be seen, is essential to the success of the operation. ope-ration. A large number of wide-necked bottles, filled with water, are ranged In horizontal rows on racks In a cellar, and In the open end of each of these receptacles la placed a bunch of grapes that Is to say, the pieces, of vine stem Is Inserted Into the mouth of the bottle, and the grapes hang outside. The grapes do not touch the bot-tls, bot-tls, but are supplied with moisture through the vine stem, which Is Immersed in water. In this manner "black Hamburgs" and other choice table grapes are kept freh and perfect through an entire winter. The temperature of the cellar, being uniform and moderately low. to favorable to the preservation of the fruit, and to compensate compen-sate for evaporation water is supplied daily to the bottles. Naturally, such grapes are expensive, but there are plenty of people. It seems, who are clad to pay 12 a pound, or even a higher price, for them. Philadelphia Post |