Show grape vines bear early next to the strawberry the man who Is entirely destitute of fruit should plant the grape vine if lie N would wish deli delicious clous fruit of his own growing at the earliest possible time we have ripened one or two bu bundles of grapes eighteen mouths months after a thrifty vine was set the year after that it can bo be made to grow four to five pounds of fruit though it is better to thin this out to half that amount there Is no trouble in getting the grape vine to frulein fruiting g every bud left after pruning will make a shoot and this will set two three or four hunches bundles the chief difficulty Is to prune closely enough to prevent more fruit from setting than the vine can bring to maturity |