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Put it right over the blossom. 



What sized bags do you use? 



I think it is the two-pound bags. I put them on just as soon as 

 the bloom drops off. Just slip the bag on, twist it around and tie it 

 and there it is as safe as can be. 



If you neglect to put the bags on right away, would you do so 

 two or three weeks after? 



I have tried that. I find if there is any sign of rot it will go on. 

 The bag wont save them then. The time to do it is just as soon as 

 the blossom drops off. 



Do you think it possible for us here to raise as good Concord here 

 as they do in the East? 



Why certainly I do. Yes, sir; w^e can raise better ones here. Our 

 grapes will be much sweeter and better flavored. 



Give two grapes for market use. 



Do you want early ones? 



Well the best whites, the best reds and the best blacks for market 

 use. 



Niagara and Moore's Diamond for the white, Goethe for red, also 

 the Woodruff, and Concord and Moore's Early for black, the latter is 

 not as productive as the Concord. I don't know ver}^ much about the 

 Worden. 



Mr. Kemper. — Red, Marsala and Woodruff; white, Moore's Dia- 

 mond ; and for the black would say Concord and Moore's Early. 



Question : If you would put one in a bag and the other not and 

 could keep both from the rot, would they look like the same variety? 



No, sir; not a bit. 



A. H. Gilkerson. — That's my experience, too. 



Judge Miller. — J think I have tried everything. I am always try- 

 ing something new. As for the Worden taking the place of the Concord, 

 I can beat that all to pieces. The McPike is a much better grape. I have 

 quite a number of varieties. When I find that I have a good new 

 variety, I keep it and raise it and if a new one proves not so good, I 

 simply drop it. If you want an early grape plant the Early Victor. 

 The Uncle Sam is a new grape and about as large as Campbell's Early. 

 Now some of you may not know the Campbell's Early; it is about the 

 same as Moore's Early. Then I have the Kentucky which is a fine grape. 



Mr. Wittenback. — I have the Ives Seedling and the Virginia 

 Seedling, these are mostly for wine. Then I have the Elvira and 

 Woodruff and Perkins. 



Mr, Irvine. — I would give the Moore's Early, Worden and Con- 

 cord. The Worden is the best, but it sheds from the bunch. 



