REPORT OF MR. THOMAS A. SHARPS. 427 



GRAPES. 



The crop of grapes on the farm this season has been very small. Owing to the 

 constant rain during the time they were in blossom, fertilization was imperfect, and 

 consequently the bunches were open and not half the number of grapes in a bunch 

 which there were last year, and a great many of the grapes were small in size and 

 imperfect. 



White or Nearly White. 

 Date of 

 Ripening. 

 October 1. — Storr's Early. — Sweet, juicy, and of pleasant flavour; a very small crop. 

 " 3. — Duchess. — Sweet and juicy, but not so good in flavour as last year ; a few 

 bunches only. 

 4. — Lady. — Tender juicy and sweet, but very few bunches. 

 4. — Emerald. — Sweet, tender, good flavour ; fair crop. 

 4. — Saunders' Seedling, No. 3. — A fair crop of very good grapes ; sweet, tender 



and juicy. 

 4. — Eva. — Grape tender and juicy, a very poor crop. 

 6. — Saunders' Seedling. — (Wild seedling with Muscat Hamburg.) — A fair crop 



of very good grapes ; sweet, juicy and tender. 

 6. — Jessica. — A very few bunches ; grapes much inferior to other years. 

 6. — Martha. — A fair crop of nice grapes ; a little acid, but juicy and of good 



flavour. 

 8. — Rommel. — Grape juicy, sprightly, pleasant flavour; a few bunches 

 8. — Pocklington. — Grape pulpy, sprightly, pleasant flavour ; a poor crop. 

 13. — Eldorado. — Grape very uneven in size, sweet, skin thick ; a very few 



bunches. 

 13. — Missouri Reisling. — A fairly good crop of juicy tender grapes. 

 13. — Centennial. — A good crop of worthless grapes. 

 13. — Niagara. — A very fair crop of good grapes. 



13. — Saunders' Seedling. — (Wild seedling with Muscat d'Aout.) — A medium 

 crop of very good grapes, but uneven in size, and many of the grapes 

 dropped off the bunch when ripe. 

 24. — Lady Washington. — Only a few bunches of rather inferior grapes. 

 26. — Elvira. — A fair crop ; juicy, tender grapes, but many were imperfect. 

 26. — Noah. — Only a few bunches of very imperfect grapes. 

 29. — Opal. — A few bunches of sour imperfect grapes. 



Black or very Dark Blue. 



October 4. — Bacchus. — Three or four bunches of poor grapes. 



" 4. — Early Victor. — A few bunches of small sweet grapes of rather poor 

 flavour. 

 4. — Florence. — A fair crop of worthless grapes. 



4. — Cottage. — A small crop of fairly good grapes ; sweet and of good flavour. 

 7. — Improved Wild. — A very few bunches of poor grapes. 

 7. — Cynthiana. — A fair crop of worthless grapes. 

 7. — Moore's Early. — A fair crop ; grape sweet, pulpy, skin tough. 



Black or Dark Purple. 



October 9. — Canada. — A fair crop ; grape small, sweet, but not of good flavour. 

 " 10. — Roger's No. 39. — Grape large, sweet and pulpy ; a poor crop. 

 " 10. — Merrimac (Roger's No. 19.) — Grape large, juicy, sweet and of good flavour ; 



a fair crop. 

 " 10. — Wilder. — A small crop of large, juicy and sweet grapes. 



