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Ulster: — This is a medinm-late variety for the garden. It is very 

 productive, but it does not always ripen its fruit evenly. The bunches 

 are medium-sized, short, compact; berries medium in size, red, very 

 sweet. 



Winchell : — A small, early, white grape of very good quality. Produc- 

 tive and on account of its earliness is especially desirable for home use. 



CHERRIES. 



The crop was very good on most of the sweet kinds but lighter than 

 usual on the sour varieties. The season was an unusually hard one upon 

 the foliage, judging from the many inquiries which came to the sta- 

 tions from the different sections regarding the falling of the foliage dur- 

 ing the last of June and early July before the fruit ripened. The sour 

 kinds such as Early Richmond, Montmorency and English Morello were 

 especially injured by the leaf-blight. It is needless to state that these 

 trees were not sprayed or at least the work was not properly done. 

 At the Station the regular spraying for fungi and insects was attended 

 with the usual good results in holding the foliage upon all varieties. 

 No difference was noted in the health of the foliage between trees 

 sprayed early with copper sulphate solution (2 lbs. to 50 gallons of 

 w^ater) and those sprayed just before the blossoms opened with Bordeaux 

 mixture. All the trees were sprayed three times; two applications 

 of Bordeaux mixture being given after the blossoms had fallen. 



Sweet Varieties. 



The kinds which bore full crops this season were Napoleon, Windsor, 

 Yellow Spanish, Rockport, Ida and Coe; while Early Purple, Mezel, 

 Gov. Wood, Tartarian and Badacsony gave nearly full crops. Those 

 that have been most satisfactory for commercial purposes are Napoleon 

 of the light-fleshed, and Windsor as a dark-fleshed variety. Others 

 which have given very good results and are considered valuable kinds 

 are Yellow Spanish, Black Tartarian, Ida and Governor Wood. Kirt- 

 land Mary and Rockport are also two very good kinds. Plymouth is a 

 newer light-fieshed variety which is proving to be productive, but the 

 cherries are too small to make the best market kind. Dikeman is a new 

 dark-fleshed kind which seems to lack size as yet. 



Dukes. 



Montrueil stands at the head with these kinds. Other varieties of 

 merit are Carnation, Eugenie, May Duke and Magnifique. 



Morellos. 



Those that gave the heaviest crop were Minnesota, Montmorency, Suda 

 and Northwest. The varieties which have given the best results for a 

 number of years are Montmorency and Suda. Other kinds which have 

 given good results are Dyehouse, Early Richmond, Weir No. 2 and 

 King Amarelle. The Minnesota is a dark-fleshed kind which has proved 

 fairly productive and with a different soil and a location more suitable 

 for it, it might prove a valuable kind. 

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