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is desirable because of its hardiness and regularity of bearing. The fruit is medium to 

 large, roundish oblong, purple in color, of good quality. Season early September. 



Diamond. — A profitable late market variety. Usually but little subject to rot. The 

 tree is an upright, slightly spreading, vigorous grower. Fruit, large, oval; color, black; 

 quality, fairly good, though rather acid. Late September. 



Grand Duke. — One of the newer sorts which has proven desirable for market purposes 

 because of its large size and handsome appearance. Tree upright, spreading, vigorous, 

 and quite productive. The fruit is oval, black with blue bloom, of good quality. Season 

 late September. 



Shropshire Damson.— A small, late, blue plum, valuable for preserving. This variety 

 is always in demand and sells for a good price. The tree is an upright grower with dense 

 head and slender shoots with many short, lateral spurs. These characteristics make the 

 tree readily distinguishable. 



Monarch. — One of the newer varieties, ripening in late September. The fruit is large, 

 roundish ovate; color, very dark purple with blue bloom; texture, firm; quality, quite 

 good, though rather acid. The tree is a good grower and a very abundant bearer. Like 

 most of the late plums this variety usually escapes the brown rot. Very desirable fol- 

 iate market. 



GRAPES. 



The grape crop was not large this season, but the quality of the fruit was very fine. 

 Insects and diseases hardly put in an appearance. The hybrid varieties, such as the 

 Rogers' grapes, are usually very subject here to the attack of powdery mildew, but this 

 season they were almost entirely free from the disease. The vines were sprayed in early 

 spring, before growth commenced, with copper sulphate, one pound to fifteen gallons of 

 water. After the fruit had set Bordeaux mixture was used, two applications being made. 



Last spring a small block of forty-five varieties was removed, to make room for the 

 subsequent planting of other kinds of fruit. The number of varieties on trial was 

 thereby reduced from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and five. Most of the varie- 

 ties removed were hybrids which, as a class, possess more or less undesirable character- 

 istics here. Most of them fruit sparsely, mildew badly, and many of them are inclined to 

 be tender, weak growers. 



NOTES OX VARIETIES. 



Agawam. — A large, dark-red grape, of good quality. Fruits sparingly and mildews 

 badly here. 



Alice.— Red, of poor quality, ripens unevenly. Rather late for this climate. 



Belvidere. — Clusters cylindrical, usually shouldered ; berry black, of fair quality. The 

 vine is a rather weak grower and quite unproductive here. 



Berlin. — A white grape of good quality, ripening in early October. Inclined to be 

 unproductive. 



Black Eagle. — Cluster large, long, conical, moderately compact. Color, black ; quality, 

 very good. Lacks hardiness and productiveness. 



Burnett. — A black grape, ripening a few days earlier than Concord. Cluster oblong, 

 shouldered, moderately compact. Subject to mildew and quite unproductive. 



Caywood. — A black grape of low quality: shells badly; not valuable. 



Centennial. — A small, white grape, about the size of Delaware. Quite productive, free 

 from -mildew and of best quality. Desirable for home use. 



Duchess. — A good grower and usually quite productive. Clusters long, conical, 

 -liouldered, quite compact. A late keeping variety, desirable for home use. 



Empire State. — A white grape borne in very long, cylindrical, shouldered clusters. 

 Moderately productive and of quite good quality. 



Esther. — A healthy, vigorous grower, moderately productive. Clusters cylindrical, 

 -lioiildered, compact. A little lacking in juice and almost too mild in flavor. Late 

 September. 



Golden Gem. — A small, greenish-yellow grape of best quality. Clusters cylindrical, 

 shouldered, compact. Desirable for home use. 



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