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white flesh, not colored at the pit, and for that reason especially desirable 

 for canning or preserving. 



Ellison has borne a fine crop; fruit yellow, a good handler, and promis- 

 ing for the market. 



Toquin, originating in the town of that name, and also a variety received 

 for trial from New York with the cabalistic cognomen, "No. 34 H." have 

 borne a few specimens each giving indications of adaptation to the market. 



Wonderful, with a name apparently devised to promote sales, has borne 

 a few specimens which prove wonderful, if at all, from their failure to 

 justify the name. 



A very considerable number of others have shown more or less fruit, 

 but in most case.-, not sufficient to warrant an opinion as to their probable 

 value. 



GRAPES (Vitis). 



With the exception of the very severe drouth of the past summer and 

 early autumn, the season has been favorable for the grape. 



The rose chafer {Macrodactylus suhsjyinosus), although very uHmerous 

 on a number of plum trees on light soil, has, this season, been very rare 

 upon the grape. A few grapevine flea beetles, {Graptodera chalyhea), 

 have been found, but not in considerable numbers. 



Of fungi, powdery mildew, and anthracnose, {Spaceloma ampelinum), 

 have been somewhat troublesome, although almost wholly confined to var- 

 ieties hybridized with V. vinifera. 



The grapes, in common with the entire plantation, received a spray of 

 Bordeaux mixture, of the usual strength, after pruning in the autumn of 

 1892, for the destruction of the resting spores of fungi. 



Prior to the commencement of operations for the current year, plants 

 were reserved as the basis of a set of experiments in the use of a variety of 

 mixtures as preventives or remedies for fungi, as follows: 



Of Moore's Early, Salem, Ulster, and Wyoming, five sets, of two plants 

 each. 



Of Brighton, six sets, of three plants each. 



Of Concord and Niagara, six sets, of two plants each. 



Of each variety, the first set was left unsprayed, as a means of 

 comparison. 



The second set of each of the four first named varieties was sprayed four 

 times, on April 15, May 25, June 20, and July 10, with ^ lb. copper sul- 

 phate, 1 lb. carbonate of ammonia, in 32 gallons water. 



The third set of the same received four sprayings on or near the same 

 dates, with ammoniated copper carbonate in 32 gallons water. 



The fourth set was sprayed at above dates, with modified Eau Celesie. 



The fifth received a spray at same four dates with 1 lb. copper sulphate, 

 f lb. stone lime, in 50 gallons water. 



Upon examination made at the close of the growing season, upon the 

 scale of 1 to 10: 



