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bunches looked as if tliev had been made wet and then rolled in flour, 

 they were so white with mildew. 



Xow, where are we 'i Here in Missouri we can grow good grapes, 

 and we have boasted about it in times past, notwithstanding there are 

 car loads imported into our state yearly from Ohio and Xew York. 

 This should not be so, as we can grow our own grapes. Of course the 

 early ones are soon gone, but we have late ones; such as Goethe, Wood- 

 ruff Red, IsTorton, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Ozark and Hermann, that can 

 be kept late if properly cared for. 



There is no occasion for me to dwell on the subject of cultivation 

 in this paper, for every journal gives instructions in this line, or on 

 propagation of vines, as this topic is also freely discussed. That some 

 varieties grow readily from cuttings while others can not be grown suc- 

 cessfully, in that w^ay each one will learn by experience. Varieties 

 dift'er in their habits and there is no definite rule to be laid down for 

 all varieties. 



Of the newer varieties introduced within the last few vears, I will 

 mention Campbell's Early, of Concord parentage, bunch and berry 

 large, black, quality superior to Concord and ten days earlier. This 

 should be in every collection and can now be bought for fifty cents a 

 strong vine. I paid $2.50 when getting my first vine. Then we have 

 the McPike, a most noble grape, a seedling of the Worden, just like 't. 

 (but more so) larger and better. Hicks, a grape brought out hj Henry 

 Wallis, of Western St. Louis county. This grape is destined to make 

 its mark. The bunch and berry are above the medium, black, «|uality 

 as a table grape the best, and it makes a claret wine hard to beat. The 

 Kentucky is another of recent introduction, of the Xorton type, but 

 larger in Inmch and berry, a pleasant table grape and will no doubt 

 make a good red wine. Just here let me say that the ]!^orton and Cyn- 

 thiana are considered by most folks as only wine gravies, but I deem 

 them excellent for eating and prefer the latter wlion it is ripe to the 

 Concord. 



Among the older varieties T would name the following for a small 

 collection for the amateur: 



For white — Green Mountain, Moore's Diamond and Pocklington. 



Red — Brighton, Catawba, Woodruff Red. Goethe. 



