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has developed into a general favorite, while Hartford and Herbert have 

 been eliminated from the home list. 



J. H. Reese, writing the same yearf named Concord, Delaware, Coloma, 

 Eumelan, Pocklington, Salem, and Miles as varieties succeeding in the 

 vicinity of Newberg, but in a recent letter he writes: "I hope no one has 

 taken the above list as a guide to commercial planting. It was only 

 recommended for home use. Nothing that we have thus far tried has 

 been more satisfactory than Delaware and Coloma. The Concord is a most 

 excellent variety but it is occasionally injured by early fall rains, owing 

 to its lateness. We also find Lady a most excellent table grape but 

 the vine lacks vigor." 



August Aufranc gives as the leading varieties for his section, Salem, 

 and as varieties for home and market uses, White Chasselas, Red Bur- 

 gundy and Concord. 



G. W. McReynolds, a successful grower in Lane county, finds Green 

 Mountain and Diamond the best varieties for the higher altitudes, while 

 Rev. D. E. Loveridge, of Eugene, finds that Worden, Concord, Delaware, 

 Niagara, and Diamond are the best for the river bottom lands. 



Quoting from some recent remarks by Mr. Loveridge, he says: "The 

 Catawba, a late grape, and one that is highly prized in the East, is our 

 best keeper. It keeps until Christmas and with good care may be kept 

 later, but it only succeeds in favorable spots. To my taste the Diamond 

 is our best grape. When ripe it melts like a lump of sugar in the mouth 

 and is sweet all through." 



F. A. Rueter, speaking of the varieties found best for wine purposes, as 

 grown on the hills near Forest Grove, says: "I find Sweetwater, Zin- 

 fandel. Burgundy, Black Hamburg, Muscatel, Red Mountain, Chasselas, 

 Fountainbleu, Delaware, and Muscat excellent for our purposes." 



CULTIVATION. 



For the first few years after the vines are put out they should receive 

 thorough tillage. Not only should the soil be well plowed and harrowed 

 or dug over in the spring, but it should be frequently stirred, especially 

 during July and August. When the vines have attained the age of ten 

 or twelve years they are quite able to get along without any especial 

 tillage, providing rank growth of other plants is not permitted within a 

 reasonable distance of them. In this matter, such indifferent tillage is 

 only to be tolerated with the home vines. No commercial vineyard could 

 be successfully managed in this manner, and while an easy slip-shod 

 manner of tilling cannot be recommended if one would obtain the best 

 results, it were better to have grapes on the home table, obtained from 

 vines partially tilled, than to have no grapes at all. 



PRUNING AND TRAINING. 



The one persistent feature of growing grapes is pruning. To get sat- 

 isfactory results from the vine this must not be neglected in the least. 



t Oregon Report, 1893. 



