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Grape

The grape is a fruit which is grown extensively in France, Spain, and Italy, and made into wine. The kinds grown in this country are chiefly used for dessert, and are particularly welcome in cases of illness, being both refreshing and wholesome. The best way to keep them is to pick out all that are in the least decayed, and to pass a thread through the stalk of each bunch, then seal the end of the stalk, to keep it from drying, and place the fruit gently in a bag, made of thin paper. The mouth of the bag should then be closed, and secured with string. The grapes should be hung up by the thread to the ceiling of a cool room, and preserved at as low a temperature as possible until required for use.