72 State Horticultural Society. 



Usually spray a third time, and, if wet, spray five times. We get 

 very good grapes of nearly all varieties by spraying, and those left 

 unsprayed rotted enirely. This was especially true of the Herbe- 

 mont. All the fruit rotted on the unsprayed vines. We have 

 grown 260 varieties, and still have about 200 varieties. Would say 

 that the best varieties for general purposes were Moore's Early, 

 Worden and Concord for black, and Moore's Diamond and Niagara 

 for white. There is another Winchel hybrid grape, the Green 

 Mountain, which is very good, very early, sweet and delicious. 

 It is in demand on our markets. Once tasted, it is always called 

 for. In red grapes we have two classes. Wyoming Red is the 

 best hardy for the least care. Where can take extra good care of 

 them, the Brighton, Massasoit and Goethe are good. These hy- 

 brids are good and worth working up a trade on. Little Norton 

 Virginia suits me for a late grape; it is of fair sized fruit and 

 very productive. 



Mr. Baxter — The Rogers hybrids named by Dr. Whitten 

 need careful handling. They are not self-fertilizers. 



MONEY IN CHERRY ORCHARDS. 



W. D. Maxwell, St. Joe — Many in our vicinity are engaged 

 in garden and truck growing — planting cherries especially — and 

 they are making more money than most berries. Cherries make 

 more money, for us than strawberries and blackberries. Rasp- 

 berries make money for our growers. D. A. Turner made a for- 

 tune on small fruit. A large part of it came from cherries. The 

 only difficulty is to get some one to pick them. All the people 

 up there have moved to the city or have stopped working. The 

 varieties mostly raised are Early Richmond and Montmorency, 

 mainly the Richmond. 



Mr. Steiman — T am trying to raise cherries in a small way, 

 and have some trees fifteen years old that never raise a crop of 

 fruit; others that bear always. There are more inquiries for 

 cherries than for any other small fruit, excepting the strawberry. 

 I could sell five or six hundred bushels. I believe Montmorency 

 and Early Richmond are best varieties. We need an early and 

 a late fruit. Dwarf trees seem to bear earlier and give best re- 

 sults. I plant Montmorency principally, but want to find a No. 1 

 good late cherry. 



Col. Evans — I had some experience in growing cherries for 

 money. They are all right, if anyone has got a good local market. 

 This is a good one here at Moberly. There are not enough to fill or- 



