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ten-pound baskets. I think better results would have been 

 obtained had I sprayed the vines, posts, and every thing as soon 

 as the vines were tied up and before growth started, and also had 

 the fourth spraying been done just as soon as the fruit had set 

 instead of waiting later. 



The cost of material used on this vineyard was seventy-five 

 pounds Sulphate of Copper, at seven cents per pound — $5.25; 

 two and a half days' labor, at $1.50 per day — $3.75; total for the 

 five hundred vines, $9.00. 



On the other side the putting on of this application is a very 

 disagreeable job. The lime does not lose all of its custic proper- 

 ties by mixing it with the copper and more or less of it gets on the 

 person, and while wet with the mixture a very little rubbing takes 

 the skin off. The rain does not take all of it off and some of the 

 bunches look as though they had been whitewashed, particularly 

 the stems of the bunches. If a less quantity of the lime would 

 decompose the copper it would be better. 



REFORT OX STRAWBERRIES FOR 1889. 



Capt. Jack, the best for market, so far very productive, 

 medium size, good shipper, good quality, a seedling of the Wilson 

 and an improvement on it owing to the large amount of fruit set, 

 only a moderate grower, it requires a very rich soil; when the 

 conditions it requires are given, no berry in the hundreds tested 

 have given so large a return. Sharpless has out-lived its useful- 

 ness. Bubach has again proved itself the most productive of the 

 large berries; its greatest fault is that it is a little soft for a 

 market berry, not of the best quality. Lida deserves to be more 

 extensively tested; very productive, berries above medium, last 

 berries as large as the first, only a moderate grower, firm, not of 

 the best quality. Jessie, very much over-praised. Gandy, very 

 late, strong grower, large size, good shipper, good quality and for 

 so large a berry, productive. Mammoth, worthless. Monmouth, 

 a few very large, very early berries, but not enough to be worth 

 the trouble of growing. Jewell, so poor a grower that it is of no 

 value for any but the amateur. Jucunda, rusts so badly that it is 

 no longer of any value. Cohanzick, worthless. Garibaldi, worth- 

 less. Haverland, very productive, strong grower, good quality, 

 a little soft, but in a test to see how long a number of varieties 

 would keep in good condition the Haverland at the end of five 

 days was in perfect condition all the others were rotten at the end 

 of three days. The fruit stalk is too weak to hold the load of 

 fruit. It must be mulched. Berry medium to large and holds its 

 size to the last. Gold, nothing remarkable about it; late, good 

 size, fairly productive, good quality but only a moderate grower. 

 Cumberland, too well known to need describing. Burt, do not 

 think this is Capt. Jack under another name, while it is similar to 

 it in growth and bearing qualities it is not nearly so large growing 



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