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Bagging the young fruit clusters, a process thought very favorably of by 

 some persons, especially when the vintage of a few choice varieties is to be 

 saved, has been recommended as a preventive of the rot caused by Phoma. 

 It will, however, be of little use against Peronosp n-a, which usually, if not al- 

 ways, reaches the berry through its stalk, and not by direct surface inocula- 

 tion. On the other hand, bagging may protect the fruit from its insect ene- 

 mies, if properly done. 



The prompt desti'viction of berries attacked by either the curculio or cod- 

 ling, and the suppression of iron weed near the vineyard, with the crushing 

 of any pupse found under the characteristic flips made by the codling, Avill 

 likewise tend to keep these insects in check. 



Perhaps some members of the Society may be disposed to test the remedj'^ 

 suggested by A. B. Coleman, in the Rural New Yorker for November 3, 1883, 

 viz : the removal of every vestige of vegetation for a distance of at least four 

 feet in every direction from the diseased vine, and the scattering over of this 

 part of the soil of enough fresh air or water-slaked lime to whiten it, re- 

 peating the dressing if it be removed by rain. 



It has also been noticed that grapes which get much sunlight seldom rot 

 badly; and there is doubtless much truth in the statement of Gen. Clay, {Ru- 

 ral New Yorker, July 28, 1883), that grapes trained against a wall are less sus- 

 ceptible to the rot than those trained to stakes or trellises, although some 

 exception might be taken to his views of the dyspeptic nature of the disease. 



THE NEW GRAPES. 



BY GEO. W. CAMPBELL, OF OHIO. 



I here offer a few observations upon some of the most prominent of the 

 new grapes, which seem worthy of more or less consideration as they pro- 

 mise to be of value. While the past season has not been specially favorable 

 to grape growing in my locality, it has been one in which the health or the 

 Hability to disease of the newer varieties, as compared with the older ones, 

 could be profitably observed and recorded. With this brief preface, I will 

 give you my impressions as to the promise and prospective value of some of 

 the most notable of the new grapes. 



I fruited the Pocklington upon several young vines the past season. I find 

 it a moderate grower, not as strong as Concord, but hardy and healthy in 

 wood and foliage. Clusters medium, or rather small; berries large. In fiavor 

 and quality rich; a little foxy in odor, but better than I had expected, and 

 to my taste preferable to the Concord. It was fully ten days later than the 

 Concord. Its introducers claim that the clusters increase in size as the vines 

 grow older. Indeed I have seen upon exhibition s])ccimcns even larger than 

 the showy fruits with which we are so familiar. This grai)e bas a tenacious 



