With proper summer pruning, the buds may be developed so as to bear surely every year.

Mr. Ringucberg, of Niagara county, said his vines averaged sixteen pounds of fruit to the vine, planted in rows four feet apart, and eight feet apart in the row. After fruit has set, take off the ends of the bearing wood, leaving four leaves from the fruit.

Mr. Aiusworth, of Ontario county, had been led, by repeated experiments, to think summer pruning beneficial His neighbor Wilcox thereby had large crops ten days before vines by their sides, which were not pruned, and of quality decidedly better. Wood is greatly improved by summer pruning, and much better prepared to stand the winter.

Mr. Branson had experimented upon an Isabella vine in a favorable location. The unpruned vine kept growing till frost came, but did not have a single ripe grape; while the vines all around which were summer-pruned, ripened their fruit well.

Mr. Hoag, of Niagara county, thought there was not much difference in the time of .ripening *, but judicious summer pruning produced a much larger crop.