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good if left on the vines until late in the season ; was a very 

 hardy grape, a good bearer, and was so easily raised that it 

 encouraged the cultivation of many other and better varieties. 



Mr. Tattle was opposed to its being stricken from the list. It 

 was an early grape, very hardy and was doubtless the most profit- 

 able grape we had for early market par poses. It colors early in 

 the season and can be marketed before prices fall off. When the 

 Concord and other late varieties ripen, prices are usually very 

 low, and the market so well supplied by friiit brought from Mich- 

 igan, Ohio and states south of us, that there is little profit left 

 for home raised fruit. 



Mr. Stickney thought the main objection to it was the quality. 

 Its friends never claimed excellence, but the only points they 

 urged in its favor were hardiness and earliness. It is the first 

 grape to change color, usually two or three weeks in advance of 

 other varieties. Mr. Greenman, wbo was the first to discover its 

 merits, found it much more profitable on this account than any 

 other variety he could raise ; it would bring the dollars and cents 

 in market siaiply because in advance of other and better 

 varieties. 



President Smith said there was no doubt as to its hardiness, but 

 it did not really ripen until quite late in the season. In 1880, 

 cold weather came on before he had laid his vines down and they 

 remained on the trellises all winter ; all but the Janesville and 

 Delaware were killed ; the Delawares were injured, so that they did 

 not bear at all, but the Janesville bore full. The grapes were left 

 on the vines until the latter part of November, and then were of 

 fair quality. 



Mr. Lowe moved that the Worden be placed at the head of the 

 list. He regarded it as a much better grape than the Concord, it 

 was sweeter, earlier and fally as productive and hardy. 



Motion was carried. 



Mr. Plumb moved that the Massasoit be added to the general 

 list. 



Mr. Lowe was opposed to this motion. As far as he could 

 learn, wherever it had been cultivated it was lacking in hardiness 

 and was subject to mildew. 



