o(i A/iU'rica7i Horticultural Society. 



grape growing state, hut in many sections, esj>ecially around Lake 

 Minnetonka, they were very tine. At the beginning ot the season, 

 before ours are ripe, our supj)lies come fVoin the more southern 

 states; l)ut as soon as Minnesota grapes are upon the market those 

 disappear, or, if" the merchants hapj)en to have any on hand at that 

 timi', they are disposed of for what they will bring, ours being 

 fresher and better. I do not want to boast of wiiat we are doing, 

 but I will say that at the centennial, in 1876, 1 was astonished at 

 the California display of grapes ; but you men seemed to be looking 

 more after the dollars than anything else, and kept selling and 

 replenishing from fresh arrivals of fruit from day to day ; l)Ut it so 

 hapj)ened at the very time the awarding committee came around 

 vour tables were almost depleted, and Minnesota took the i)ri/e. 

 Also, at the last meeting of the American Pomological Society, 

 held at JMiiladelphia, we took the Wilder medal on grapes, and 

 also the first premium at the cotton exposition and world's fair re- 

 cently held at New Orleans. 



Air. Bndd, of New Jersey — New Jersey has two grape-growing 

 centers — Vineland and Hamilton. The Hamilton grapes are largely 

 converted into dry wines, while those grown at Vineland are gen- 

 erally sold in their natural state, New York city being the principal 

 market. The Concord and the Ives generally bring from three to 

 four cents per pound. Mildew and rot sometimes destroy the 

 crops. Insects are annoying and destructive. Choice table grapes 

 sometimes sell as high as seven cents per j)ound in New York and 

 Philadeljihia. 



Mr. Van Deman,o^ Washington, D. ('., U. S. I'omologist — The 

 Grand Traverse region of Northern Michigan produces fine Dela- 

 ware grapes. They ripen about the first of October, and bring 

 from ten to twelve and one-half cents per pouml. Tiie demand is 

 always greater than the supply. Statistical information shows that 

 the largest per cent, of grape rot in 1887 was in X'iiLrinia. New 

 Jersey suffered badly, also. Bagging is an effectual preventive of 

 rot, if ap])lied early enough. The bags must be put on very soon 

 after the I'niit is fairly set. 



Mr. Smith — Does not the Delaware do best near its northern 

 limit? 



