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Omaha last fall. It is a fine grape and will stand thirty degrees of 

 cold. Moore's and Worden are good table and market varieties. 



Wallis. — The Hicks ripens a week before the Concord and with the 

 Worden, it is equal to these, only more vigorous. The under side of the 

 leaf is white. 



Whitteu. — Moore's is the early grape. Janesville, Hartford and 

 Mary Ann come early, but none are good enough for market. Some 

 color before Moore's but they are not ripe as soon. Green Moimtain is 

 the best white, of fine quality, early, not so large as Niagara. By sack- 

 ing in the bud it is found capable of self-pollenation, and sets just as fine 

 bunches, with fine flavor and delicate skin; it is improved more than 

 others by sacking. It is like the delicate hot-house forced varieties, and 

 cures into raisins. The fruit holds onto the vines longer if sacked early. 

 Niagara and Diamond are also good white grapes. The Wells is large, 

 fine grape with musky flavor, color is bronze green and it produces enor- 

 mously. Vines of Aminia planted six years ago have fruited for six 

 years; it is one of the best. The berry is dark red, translucent 

 and large. The plants are vigorous and productive, not so 

 hardv nor vigorous as either Moore's or Goethe. This irrane 

 is a splendid table variety and brings eight cents per pound. It 

 should not be neglected but kept thin so as not to overbear for after- 

 wards it can not recover its vigor and it loses its sprightly, delicate 

 flavor. Norton's is better than Catawba. The Ozark is remarkable, 

 pruned to three canes it bore ninety-three pounds of fruit. The canes 

 are vigorous, out-stripping others in wood-growth. It has the largest 

 bunch of any of the Aestivalis. It keeps like Norton's, has good texture 

 and ships well because it is not too juicy. The Hicks is certainly one of 

 the hardiest, the fruit is good and deserves particular notice. Campbell's 

 Early grows nicely, has fine quality and is the coming early grape. 

 McPike is a magnificent big grape. Columbian Imperial is the larg- 

 est, coming very late, ripening after frost. First crop is good, after- 

 wards not so much so, as grape rots and causes vines to lose vigor. 

 Moore's ripens ten days before Concord, seven after Green Mountain, 

 the first grape about August 13. 



Snodgrass. — Moore's in south Missouri ripens in July and first of 

 August. 



