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ami srow in immonso bunches. I brought these specimens for you to 

 examine, and if they interest you I should be ghid to have you come up 

 and taste them when we adjourn. 



Dr. Wolfe: I should like to ask if Mr. Sacksteder is able to make 

 grape growing profitable in this section; and if so, how? 



Mr. Sacksteder: We do not sell grapes in the market. We make wine 

 of them. 



Judge Denbo, of Harrison County: I wish to know if any one has had 

 any experience with the Tokay grape— a California grape— as to whether 

 or not it could be produced here? 



Mr. Sacksteder: Those California grapes will not do well in this part 

 of the country. 



Chairman Latta: Will Professor Moosmiller tell us something about 

 grapes? 



Professor Moosmiller: The fact is this, that the gi-apes of California 

 will not winter here at all. 



Mr. Ritterskamp: I should like to know from Mr. Hobbs what he 

 would call the best grapes for this State— what would be best for family 

 grapes, in color, quality and succession? 



Mr. Hobbs: The grapes mentioned in my list are desirable in central 

 Indiana, and, as far as I know, in northern Indiana. I would say that 

 Moore's Early for an early grape, Worden's for second later and the 

 Concord for late, are the three best grapes we can grow In this part of 

 the State or in central Indiana. As to red grapes, there is nothing I 

 like so well as the Delaware and Brighton. Both are excellent grapes. 

 The Delaware is a smjiU, red grape, with small bunches, but excellent in 

 quality. I have seen them grow to a good size in southern Indiana. The 

 Brighton is a large grape with few seeds. It is a little bit tender in central 

 Indiana, and has to be protected sometimes; but when it is planted on the 

 southern side of a building or fence and well covered there is little or no 

 trouble with it. 



Among the white grapes, Moore's Diamond and Niagara are two of 

 the best and most vigorous growers. They are fair growers and good in 

 tiuality; probal)ly not as good in quality as some of the smaller grapes, 

 but more easily grown than some of the more delicately flavored varieties. 



For my own taste I like the old Clinton, that more nearly approaches 

 the wild grape; and the Norton's Virginia is another gi-ape that I like. 

 Something like the wild grape. 1 am a suutliorn Indiana product myself; 

 I grew up in the mountain district of Orange County, and my tirst ac- 

 quaintance with the grape was with the wild variety. And the Clinton 



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