. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FARM GARDEN FARM GARDEN 279 For Colorado, eastern elope of the Rocky moun- tains (W. Paddock): Strawberries: Captain Jack, Jucunda. Raspberries: Red : Marlboro.^BIack: Kansas. Blackberries: Wilson, Erie. Currants: Cherry, Fay, White Grape. Gooseberries: Downing, Champion. For Colorado, western slope : Raspberries: Red: Cuthbert, Marlboro.—Black: Gregg. Currants: Cherry, Red Cro
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. FARM GARDEN FARM GARDEN 279 For Colorado, eastern elope of the Rocky moun- tains (W. Paddock): Strawberries: Captain Jack, Jucunda. Raspberries: Red : Marlboro.^BIack: Kansas. Blackberries: Wilson, Erie. Currants: Cherry, Fay, White Grape. Gooseberries: Downing, Champion. For Colorado, western slope : Raspberries: Red: Cuthbert, Marlboro.—Black: Gregg. Currants: Cherry, Red Cross, White Grape. Gooseberries: Chautauqua, Downing, Oregon. For Alabama and neighboring regions (R. S. Macintosh): Strawberries: Excelsior, Lady Thompson, Klon- dike, Aroma, Gandy. Raspberries (North Alabama only): Turner, Cuth- bert, Loudon, King. Blackberries: Dallas, Mercereau. Currants and Gooseberries: Not grown. Dewberries: Australian. The grape. The grape may be grown on a trellis, a fence, a stone wall or the sides of a building. The best. A good, simple garden method of training the grape. trellis is made of stakes and No. 14 galvanized wire, as the vines cling to the wires and do not need much tying. For the best results, the vine should have a warm southern exposure and a thin, well-underdrained soil. The third, fourth and pos- sibly the fifth year from planting the fruit may be good without pruning, but as the canes grow older they form many lateral branches, thus producing a large number of small bunches of fruit that never ripen or are so small as to be of little value, and which are specially liable to rot. The remedy is pruning. The rule for pruning grape-vines, under all con- ditions, is to cut away each year as much of the old wood as possible, saving enough strong new or year-old canes to replace those cut away. Each new cane must have an abundance of space so that the sun and air will surround the leaves and fruit and thus prevent rot and mildew. The numbe
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