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showing mildew and rot. Gold Coin produced the handsomest crop of 

 grapes I ever saw. and has failed every season since. Hopkins bears well 

 every year without signs of disease. 



Herrman Jaeger's Grapes. 



No. 43, I understand, is a wild grape found by Mr. Jaeger. Bore 

 for the first time at iNIount Eden Vineyard in 1S88; has never missed a 

 crop since. Never suffers from rot or other diseases. 



No. 52 is one of Jaeger's cross or hybrid seedlings. Larger berry than 

 43; does not set its fruit as close; is just as sure a cropper and as healthy. 



No. 70 Is a good wine grape. 



No. 15. A sure cropper; very good quality; difficult to propagate. 



No. 50. Very fine quality; tender; not satisfactory with me. 



No. 50. Rotted badly. 



No. 72. Not satisfactory. 



No. 500. A yellow and pink grape; early; very sweet, with plenty of 

 acid; skin cracks in wet weather. 



I have several seedlings to show crosses on Jaeger's Nos. 43 and 52 

 that T believe are an improvement on 43 and 52 in quality and appearance 

 and as healthy and productive. CHAS. SACKSTEDER. 



Chairman Latta: I will now ask for a general discussion of the 

 grape, after which Mr. Sacksteder, Sr., will speak of the seedlings that 

 have been sent here for examination. 



Mr. Morgan: To start this discussion, I would like to ask the best 

 varieties for southern Indiana. The varieties that do well in the northern 

 part of the State do not answer the purpose here, for either the market 

 or home use. 



Mr. Sacksteder: The Lindsay-Coomey family is a grape that is found 

 in New Mexico and all over the Southwest. It is an immense grower, 

 very perfect, and does not suffer from any disease. I obtained the first 

 that came this side of the Mississippi from Horrman Jaeger. Here is the 

 43 and the 52- they have never failed a crop yet, and they are very per- 

 fect. We have made crosses; there are only black and pink grapes of that 

 kind, and we wanted a white grape, but we could not get one. We have 

 l)ink grapes, however, and have some here to show; but not a white grape. 

 The Mammoth Delaware, hero, makes canes that grow twenty feet long, 

 and they can not be pruned very short. We leave canes six, eight and ten 

 feet long, and sometimes more than that, and they bear from one end to 

 the other. We have gotten two bushels of grapes from one vine, and they 

 did not have as much room then as we give them now. Six or seven 

 years ago we set them, and we picked two bushels off of one vine. We 

 set six or eight feet apart. 



