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It would be folly for me to recommend varieties which succeed well in the im- 

 mediate locality of my domicile in Central Missouri on the blufls of the Missouri 

 river, to a locality so widely differing in soil and climate. What does well here 

 may prove a failure somewhere else. In planting grape-vines, we must be guided 

 by a purpose as well as in planting an orchard. If for» table, market or wine, or 

 for early, medium or late, or if one wants white ones, red or black ones, if for mar-' 

 ket, study the wants of your market : though always bear in mind we plant on 

 realization, hoping for the best reward, and in order to be bountifully rewarded for 

 mental and physical exertion, for money expended, and for waiting patiently from 

 two to four years, we must plant the right kind, otherwise our hopes are blighted,, 

 and failure and sad disappointment stare us in our faces. 



If such grapes as produced by Mr. T. V. Munson, of Denison, Texas (who has 

 been lately called to the editorial chair of a grape journal started by eminent 

 French viticulturists in this country), of which Mr. Herman Jaeger, of Neosho, 

 Mo., speaks (see p. 125 of 34th Report Missouri «tate Horticultural Society), can be 

 grown in Missouri as well as in the United States successfully, then surely a new 

 era has dawned for the viticulturist as well as for the grape-eating masses of our 

 country. 



THE GRAPE-GROWING AREA. 



There are now 50,000 acres of land devoted to the vineyards of the western 

 part of New York. This season's crop will be about 8000 car-loads of fruit, or 

 25,000 9-pound baskets. It is the largest yield on record. The picking begins this 

 week, and gives employment to 20,000 people. The profits may be judged by the 

 following incident : 



One grower, who now has 225 acres of vineyard, rented 12 acres of, and 13 

 years ago to, a- man who planted and cultivated the vines for half the crop, the 

 owner furnishing vines, posts, wire and half the baskets. The renter wanted to 

 buy the vineyard after 10 crops had been harvested, and offered the owner $600 per 

 acre for it. After consulting his dairies for the 13 years, the owner found found that 

 the 12 acres had paid for the vines, posts, wire, baskets, taxes and cost of fertilizers* 

 and had further paid the interest on $1000 per acre — all out of the half of the crop 

 received by the owner. His profits for the 13 years were $60 per acre above all 

 expenses, from the time the vines were planted, and no crop at all was harvested 

 the first three years, till the vines were full-grown. 



It may be a matter of suprise to know that the records bear out the assertion 

 that this is the largest grape- growing region in the whole world. This year, in 

 order to extend their market, the grape-growers are to send 50 car-loads of the Con- 

 cord variety to England. The success of California fruit abroad leads them to 

 expect the opening of a new and pr&ctically unlimited market. 



And with such a grape, as good as Chasselas or Gutadal, we need not fear 

 competition with any imported grapes, wherever they may come from, and I 

 would not hesitate to recommend them for planting largely and make it a standard 

 as is now the Concord. 



" The Norton for red wine, and Professor T. V. Munson's P. W. Cample for 

 white wine — who could dare to beat that?" 



On page 126 and following, 34th Report M. S. H. S., and on pages 265 to 270, 

 35th Report M. S. H. S., we find a list of old and new varieties to select from, 

 recommended by Dr. J. Stayman, of Leavenworth, Kas. I am not acquainted 

 with a good many of these newer kinds, though, coming so highly recommended 

 from such sources as Dr. Stayman, we may not be amiss to find the right kind to 

 suit our purposes. Karly table or market grapes should be of large, showy bunches^ 



