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What is most encouraging and most important, however, and this applies not only to 

 Missouri, but to American grape-culture throughout the entire country, is the well- 

 founded hope that the grape-grower may soon have his greatest enemies, (the dreaded 

 mildew and black rot) under control, and may prevent their ravages by timely applica- 

 tions of the copper salt remedies, which have so largely been experimented on, and with 

 generally favorable results during the last two years. 



If, as I am now almost convinced, this hope shall be verified, our finest, choicest, and 

 most delicate table grapes, as well as many additional valuable wine grapes, will be 

 grown successfully, not only in Missouri but throughout a vast extent of our country, 

 where the grape has hitherto been considered a rather unreliable fruit, and American 

 grape-culture will take a development that will place it high in the ranks of our 

 national agricultural industries. 



President Sweet : We passed the item of new small fruits to which Mr. 

 Hale had been assigned, on account of Mr. Hale's absence; but if I under- 

 stand right, Mr. Longnecker of Dayton, Ohio, will be his substitute, and 

 will talk to us on new small fruits. 



Mr. Emery of Minnesota: What about the Ada raspberry? 



Mr. Longnecker: I am too much interested in that to speak of it. 



Mr. Emery : We would be glad to hear from you anyway. 



Mr. Longnecker: I will say that the Ohio experiment station is located 

 in about the most trying place that we have for raspberries; about Colum- 

 bus they do not attempt to grow any raspberries except the most hardy 

 varieties. 



Mr. Kellogg: I would like to ask Mr. Longnecker about the Warfield 

 strawberry. 



Mr. Longnecker: I find from my experience that it is very prolific, the 

 berry firm, a good shipper, but it is inclined to run very much, like the 

 Crescent. In correspondence with growers in southern Illinois that are 

 not selling plants, I received very flattering reports of them. 



Mr. Green of New York: I should agree with Mr. Longnecker in plac- 

 ing a high value upon the Haverland, Bubach, and Jessie, but no one can 

 decide from experience in one locality how varieties will succeed in other 

 soils and localities. Every one must test for himself. I would add a word 

 in regard to nurserymen growing their own plants. It seems to me that 

 it is the most important thing Mr. Longnecker has touched upon. Sup- 

 pose somebody has originated a new strawberry and he wants Mr. Long- 

 necker to introduce it, and Mr. Longnecker sends those plants all over the 

 country, and he does not know whether they are true to name or not. He 

 has done a great injustice to his patrons and to himself. Therefore, a 

 nurseryman should grow his own plants and in no case accept a stock of 

 plants grown by the originator and send them broadcast over the country, 

 uncertain as to whether pure or mixed. 



Mr. Kellogg of Wisconsin: That objection to the Warfield we can get 

 along very well with ; if it grows too many plants, why we can let them 

 run, and we can dispose of them in some way. I do not think the Bubach 

 is loading up with fruit this year as well as it should. We are not very 

 well satisfied with the Jessie ; there are too many reports from all over the 

 country of partial failures. There is one gentleman in the room to-day 

 that told me he had opposed the introduction of the Jessie, and the rec- 

 ommendation of it, until this year. It is doing very much better on his 

 ground this year. Last year a great many plants skipped and did not 

 blossom on my ground, but it is doing much better now, and I will not go 

 back on the Jessie; it may adapt itself to cool soils better than any other 

 grounds. 



