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Uncle Sam, or Stark Star originated by Joseph Bachman of Ar- 

 kansas, have fruited it two years. Health and vigor good, very pro- 

 ductive, enormous bunches, but over compact and so tenacious to the 

 pedicel as to" tear the berries to pieces before they will separate from the 

 cluster. Flavor too much like the wild grape. It ripens so late in the 

 season the cool weather prevents its maturing a good flavor. It belongs 

 farther south, but even there, in all probability will be but a good wine 

 grape. 



During the last few years great progress has been achieved in the 

 production of new kinds, but the way apparently is still open, for the 

 honor of producing the perfect grape. 



DISCUSSION ON GRAPE GROWING. 



Mr. Zellner — Our vineyard is ten miles east of Neosho, we have 

 four acres and have raised grapes for sixteen years without a failure. 



G. A. Atwood — I visited Mr. Zellner's vineyard and found no rot 

 on his grapes. He won a prize at the World's Fair on an exhibit of 

 forty-three varieties. One of the most profitable crops in Springfield is 

 grapes. 



A. Chandler — I have more uniform success and profit on grapes 

 in the neighborhood of Kansas City than on any other one crop. We 

 ship to Minnesota and received one-half as much as on our own markets. 

 Grape growing in South Missouri is by no means a failure, as we find 

 here the right soil and place, and that there are fewer enemies here. 

 Where the wild grapes grow as vigorously as here it is foolish to say 

 that you can't grow grapes. They will be a success and yield more 

 in the Ozarks than in other districts. 



N. F. Murray — I woud like to ask Mr. Zellner where and how he 

 sold his grapes? 



Mr. Zellner — We have plenty of good local markets and we raise 

 better grapes cheap enough to compete with the New York grapes, be- 

 cause they have to pay freight. The cost of spraying is so little that we 

 can easily afford to do it. The black rot is easy to control. We do not 

 make a practice of sacking except to keep the grapes from the birds, 

 never to keep them from fungi. 



Mr. Erb — I am glad to hear of these successes. Perhaps I took 

 the wrong part of my ground. I took the southeast slope which was 

 rocky, but I fertihzed it and followed the prescriptions in spraying. The 

 Niagara succeeded for two years and after that it rotted. A^oore's Early 

 is the only one that kept being a success. We must grow the varieties 

 that are like the wild ones. 



