President lioosevelt is not living up
to its namesake or to the boosting it
got last year. A short growing plant
producing a number of small flowers
of poor color is not good enough to
make it worth growing another sen son.
Mayor Weaver as a pink is looliing
fairly well. You can see the Mile. Per
rin blood In it, but I don't think it will
prove a very valuable variety, as it is
not large enough, and both Dr. Engue
hard and Mary Mann have it beaten by
long odds.
Colonel Appleton is the best yellow
on the place this year and is hard to
heat as a commercial variety,—G. T. in
Gardening.
Cuttings of Tender Grapes.
Our western slope grape growers are
no longer doubting the propriety of
raising the tender Europeau variotio
and their hybrids, which have done sn
famously well in California, says Dri
ver Field and Farm. In this list niiv
be mentioned such varieties as tin1
Cornischon. Black Hamburg. Lady
Downing. Black Prince, Flame Tokay.
Black Malvoise, Srltana. Thor.psoii.
Seedless and Muscat of Alexander. In
starting a new plantation it is better to
get the cuttings in the fall afte- fe
leaves have fallen. Cut up well rea
soned wood of the present vu-'s
growth into lengths of ten or tv. elvr
inches. Tie the cuttings together ir.
bundles of about twenty-five each, la
bel and bury them in a trenc'.i sire
inches deep where the soil will keey
damp through the winter, bnt ir»1
where water will stand. Moist, sandy
soil is best, as it will pack more
ly around the stub end of the cuttings.
Gather the Nutx.
