. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. I02 BIGGLE BERRV BOOK RECEIPTS 2,323 8-lb. baskets {per Grape sellers Union) at 13 3-10 cents, net ^308 96 892 8-lb. baskets (private orders) at 16 8-10 cents, net 500 4 lb. baskets (private orders) at 91-2 cents 2,850 lbs. waste at ^15 per ton 47-50 5527-70 EXPENDITURES Pruning, tying, spraying and cultivat- ing 4 1-2 acres at $12 per acre . . ^ 8-lb. baskets at 2 cents 500 4-lb. baskets at i 4 10 cents .... Wages: Picking, packing and carta
. Biggle berry book [microform] : small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form. Fruit-culture. I02 BIGGLE BERRV BOOK RECEIPTS 2,323 8-lb. baskets {per Grape sellers Union) at 13 3-10 cents, net ^308 96 892 8-lb. baskets (private orders) at 16 8-10 cents, net 500 4 lb. baskets (private orders) at 91-2 cents 2,850 lbs. waste at ^15 per ton 47-50 5527-70 EXPENDITURES Pruning, tying, spraying and cultivat- ing 4 1-2 acres at $12 per acre . . ^ 8-lb. baskets at 2 cents 500 4-lb. baskets at i 4 10 cents .... Wages: Picking, packing and cartage Interest on ^50 (assessed valuation) at 6 per cent Taxes, 3 j)er cent j^'^q Net Profit . , ^^^^ . Jp29o 60 "My varieties are: Three and one-half acres of Concord ; one-half acre Worden ; one-half acre Pock- lin-ton. \\\'omincr Red. Martha, Niagara and Hartford, mixed. A September hail-storm'^de- stroyed about two tons of these grapes. The yield given is not at all imrommon; sev- eral of my neigh- bors had larger yields. Now 1 will give some practi- <al hints about culture, etc. " Chautauqua. CULXrVATING A YOUNG VlNRVAKl) THE GRAPE 103 has three well-defined types of soil. Nearest the lake a stiff clayey loam; farther back, a gravelly loam; and on the foot-hills, up to the limit of cultivation, a thin shale overlying the original rock. (]rapes on the clay and the shale have a tougher skin and a better shipping quality. Those on gravel have finer clusters and larger berries. Varieties : Nine-tenths of Chautauqua grapes are Concord ; and the other tenth is largely made up of two of its seedlings- Moore's liarly and ; Cultivation: •• The first two years," continues Mr. Crissey, "the new growth is left on the ground. At the beginning of the third year a trellis is made of strong end- posts, and lighter posts between these, twenty- four feet apart. The best trellis has three No. 9 wires. Only two canes are put up
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