438 BULI.ETIN 76. 



Henry Case, Brocton. Soil, gravel loam ; Fertilizers, applied two tons of 

 Canada ashes in spring of 1894 upon seven acres ; Shelling, one part of the 

 vineyard «s eight years old and this shells ; the other part is thirty years old, 

 but does not shell. 



Hermon L. Kent & Co., Westfield. Soil, mostly dry clay, originally poor ; 

 Fertilizers, yearly application of stable manure ; Shelling, none. Insects 

 the probable cause of shelling, and not lack of vitality in the vines. Some 

 of the very richest and best land has shelled grapes. 



A. H. Harris, Westfield. Soil, rich, dry gravel ; Fertilizers, one pound 

 sylvinite to the vine ; Shelling, none where potash was used, some where it 

 was not used. 



A. N. Taylor, Westfield. Soil, a dry gravel, naturally rich ; Fertilizers, 

 potash at the rate of four hundred pounds per acre ; Shelling, less than one 

 per cent. 



Professor W. A. Holcomb, Ripley. Fertilizers, applied one ton of sul- 

 phate of potash on ten acres in 1893, and this year a light dressing of wood, 

 ashes ; Shelling, none. 



O. J. Tefft, Ripley. Soil, gravel with low places ; Fertilizers, used one 

 quart of good maple ashes per vine ; Shelling, most of the vines shell, par- 

 ticularly in the low muck ground. 



G. Schoenfeld, Westfield. Formerly had charge of a vineyard. Soil, 

 gravelly loam ; Fertilizers, one, to one and one-half pounds of muriate of 

 potash applied in the spring to the vines which shelled the fall before, stop- 

 ped the trouble. 



E. W. Skinner, Portland. Soil, gravelly loam ; Fertilizers, applied half 

 a pound of German potash salts to plants when they were set several years 

 ago. About the same amount used again in 1893. Shelling, nearly twenty 

 per cent. 



J. A. H. Skinner, Brocton. Soil, i, a heavy sandy loam, rather low, and 

 formerly used for pasture; 2, a gravel loam, high ground, formerly used as 

 a garden ; 3, a lighter soil used for raising grain ; 4, shale loam, upon which 

 stood an orchard; Fertilizer, none; Shelling, piece i, none; 2, about 5 

 per cent.; 3, from 15 per cent, to 25 per cent.; 4, none along the borders 

 of the vineyard, from i per cent, to 10 per cent, in the interior. 



Chas. Payne, Brocton ; Fertilizers, much stable manure used continually ; 

 Shelling, the vineyard was set three years ago. This year it set heavily and 

 shelled severely. 



A. Kelly, Brockton. Soil; varies, sand, loam, clay ; Fertilizers, applied 

 two hundred pounds raw bone meal per acre where the plants were set six 

 years ago. Since then four hundred pounds of potash have been applied twice. 

 Shelling, about 5 per cent., there being apparently no difference in severity 

 on the different soils. 



George S. Kent, Westfield. Soil, a loam inclined to be heavy and poor ; 

 Fertilizers, mostly horse manure for several years. Last year used on a part 

 sulphate of potash costing 150 per ton, and some years before ashes to a con- 

 siderable extent. Shelling, none except on three or four Concord vine 



