480 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Here wo have the New Catawba. The 52 is a piuk grape; we crossed 

 the Catawba on it. The new vine is an immense bearer. I haven't the 

 largest bunches and the best grapes here— they are not ripe yet; they 

 ripen very late; they will be ripe in about four w^eeks from now, probably. 



We have one seedling that ripens in the middle of July— a white 

 grape; but that is not of the Lindsay-Coomey family. It is a fine grape. 

 The Lindsay-Coomey family ripens from about the last of August to the 

 first of November. They do not ripen all together. The best seedlings I 

 could have brought are not ripe yet, and my son did not want to show 

 them. Now this grape has another advantage; no cold weather or hot sun 

 or dry weather hurts them. They come from a hot country where it does 

 not rain for nine months at a time, and they do not suffer from the drouth. 

 These seedlings are very line table grapes. For a table grape you want 

 a good pulp. Now the 52 is like the plupis, you can break it and the seed 

 will fly out; but the 43 is a wine grape. It is juicy, but the pulp is tough. 

 Some of the seedlings you can take in your mouth and pierce the berry 

 with your tongue and hold the seed and swallow the grape. 



Professor Latta: Would this grape you refer to answer the question 

 as to the varieties to grow for this section, and do they come along in 

 succession? 



Mr. Sacksteder: Yes, we have different grapes to ripen from August 

 until very late in the fall of this family. 



Professor Latta then requested Mr. Sacksteder to hold up the various 

 specimens for inspection. 



Mr. Sacksteder: This is the New Catawba; it is a cross between the 

 Herrman Jaeger 52 and the Catawba. It has the flavor of the Catawba, 

 and not of the Lindsay-Coomey family at all. 



This is the Mammoth Delaware; it outgrows most anything, and out- 

 bears anything. It looks like the Delaware, but is a great deal bigger. 

 Here are some that are not named. 



This is the John. It has no pulp at all, you might say. It is a very 

 fine table grape. This is another seedling, not named yet. It looks some- 

 thing like the cross with the Delaware and tlie Lindsay-Coomey. It is a 

 very fine grape, but the bunch is not as large as the Mammoth Delaware. 



This is a grape. No. 30. It is very fine in quality and has a great 

 many bunches. It bears an immense crop, but not a large bunch. It is a 

 very fine table grape, however, and there is not a rotten berry in the 

 whole family. There are some more not named. 



We have over one hundred seedlings, and some with the largest 

 bunches and finest grapes are not ripe yet. 



This vine bears the largest bunch and the largest berry. It is not 

 named, but it is like the Black Hamburg; the berries are twice as large, 



