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GOOSEBERRIES (Ribes). 



The plantations of these, made in the spring of 1888, included the fol- 

 lowing : 



Houghton, which, although claimed to be proof against mildew of the 

 foliage, has, with us, but partially sustained such claim. It has also been 

 subject, here, to a malady (possibly caused by a minute aphis) which 

 effectually checks the growth of the shoots so attacked, and causes the 

 leaves, at or near the tip of each branch, to become crumpled together in a 

 compact mass. 



Champion is a quite recent introduction, with long slender shoots like 

 Houghton, though more spreading, and with more and stronger thorns. 

 The fruit is no larger than that of the Houghton. It holds its foliage per- 

 fectly, and continues its growth till late in the season. 



These, we infer, may be referred to Ribes JiirteUum, Michx. 



Downing and Smith are usually spoken of as natives. They are more 

 liable to lose their foliage than are the former two; and from their more 

 sturdy habit, their more thorny habit, and greater liability to loss of foliage 

 in summer, as well as to the increased size of their fruit, there would seem 

 to be good reasons to suspect an admixture of foreign blood. 



The plantation also includes the following varieties of foreign origin, 

 viz. : Auburn, Early Orange, Industry, and Dougall's No. 10. AVe regret 

 to say that, although all excejit the last have shown more or less perfect 

 fruit, they appear to be alike amenable to the attacks of their potent enemy, 

 mildew, the last especially so. 



The currant span-worm attacked the gooseberry also, and yielded readily 

 to the same insecticide. 



CHERRIES {Pri(mis). 



Of this fruit, twenty-seven varieties have been planted, among which are 

 thirteen of those recently imported from eastern Europe by Prof. J. L. 

 Budd of Iowa. None of these have yet fruited sufficiently to warrant 

 descriptions or comparisons. 



GRAPES (Vitis). 



Of these there have been eighty-seven varieties planted, mostly in 1888, a 

 few of which are showing some fruit, although not enough for experimental 

 purposes. They are mostly of lubi'iisca jjarentage, or of hybrids, between 

 labrusca and either vhiifera or ct^stivalis. 



Several of them are new, undisseminated seedlings, received from the 

 originators or introducers for testing. 



The past summer seems to have been more than usually favorable to the 

 attacks of mildew, and it has attacked the foliage of a few varieties to an 

 extent sufficient to seriously check their growth. 



Anthracnose has also manifested itself upon one or more varieties : in the 

 case of five plants of Yergennes, to such extent that they have been taken up 

 and burned to prevent the dissemination of the disease. 



PEACHES (Persica vulgaris). 



Of this fruit, thirty-eight varieties are now growing, mostly in their 

 second year. A considerable number of these also are varieties received for 



