EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 299 



Moore Early. Cane growth strong. Healthy in foliage and fruit. 

 Quite certain to make large, well-formed bunches. One of the best early 

 market black grapes. Two to three weeks earlier than Concord. 



Moyer. The grape is of very fine quality, but only imperfect cluaters 

 were formed. The grapes cracked and dropped before ripening. Season 

 of Concord. 



Niagara. This is the leading white market grape. The canes are 

 strong growth and productive and the fruit and foliage usually free from 

 disease. A little later than Concord. 



Rochester. Cluster short, compact, well rounded at end and usually 

 with a well developed shoulder. Grape of medium size, oblate, with short 

 stem and strong attachment. Did not ripen sufficiently to judge of color 

 and quality. A few days earlier than Concord. 



Eockwnod. Clusters quite large, not shouldered, close and compact. 

 Berry of medium size, round, color a deep blue-black, skin thick and 

 tough, pulp rather coarse and lacking in jaice, but of fair quality. The 

 vine is healthy, of strong growth and productive. The bunch is of good 

 size and form and the berry will stand shipoient well, does not drop from 

 stem The season is early. A good market grape. Season a few days 

 later than Moore Early. 



Winchell. Clusters of good size, often quite double, close. Berry of 

 medium size, round, light-green, skin thin aod often cracks before ripen- 

 ing, pulp sweet, melting and of very fine quality. The variety is early in 

 ripening, productive and is one of the best white grapes for the home 

 vineyard. A few days later than Moore Early. 



Warden. This variety is from a week to ten days earlier than Concord. 

 The vines are vigorous, healthy and productive. The grape is of better 

 quality than the Concord. The variety has a place in every vineyard 

 whether planted for home use or market. 



NOVELTIES. 



During the past three or four years several new varieties of fruits have 

 been placed upon the market that are either hybrids or of species that 

 have not before been cultivated in this country. Most of them have been 

 tested here, and thus far none have shown promise of value for any pur- 

 pose whatever. The following are the varieties tested: 



Mayherry {Japanese Golden). The plant resembles the red raspberry, 

 and was raised by Luther Bar bank by crossing Ruhus palmahis and the 

 Cuthbert raspberry. It is claimed by the disseminators to form a bush 

 six or seven feet high, and the fruit is said to ripen a month before the 

 earliest raspberries. We have made two attempts to test this variety, but 

 in both cases the plants failed to grow. Those obtained last spring were 

 from southern New Jersey, but the tops had been killed to the ground 

 by the winter, and the roots were too weak to send up shoots. Judging 

 from this experience the plant will not stand our climate. 



Loqanherry (Raspberry x Blackberry). This is supposed to be a 

 hybrid between th*i Aughinbaugh, a California blackberry and Red Ant- 

 werp raspberry. The plants are spreading and the leaves and canes 

 greatly resemble the European raspberry, the latter being covered with 

 prickles. The fruits resemble the blackberry in shape and structure, but 

 are red when ripe. The plants seem about as hardy as our common 



