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merit as a vine may give perfect satisfaction in one locality and dis- 

 satisfaction in another; thereby we can intelligently ascertain in the 

 shortest space of time, the successful vines for the different localities.. 



P. P. DoBOZY, West Plains, Mo. 



DISCUSSION. 



In reply to questions, Mr. Chandler said: Vines don't die after 

 fall pruning. Pockliuton is among the best white grapes for the market. 

 It is of poor quality, but showy, like the Ben Davis apple. Niagara 

 and Moore's Diamond are fine white grapes. Niagara is not tender with 

 me. I use a trellis with two No. 12 wires; the lower about two feet 

 high, the upper about four feet. Moore's Early will average from eight 

 to twelve pounds to the vine ; not as productive as Concord, but best 

 black grape in quality. Brighton is the best red. Goethe is not up to 

 the standard for profit. Jewell is no good. Early Ohio is of poor 

 quality. Agawam I have not fruited. Campbell's Early is very prom- 

 ising. I have not fruited it, but a neighbor has. Delaware is not a 

 success financially. Woodruff is good and very handsome. My vines 

 are eight feet apart each way. Black grapes pay best. Goethe the 

 past season was well colored and brought twice as much per pound as 

 Concord. I know a man who successfully kept grapes in cold storage, 

 but it did not pay this year. How it may work in other years I don't 

 know. 



Mr. Murray — In New York they don't have artificial cold storage 

 for their grapes. 



Prof. Whitten — It is said that they keep them in warm places to 

 dry the moisture from the stems and then put them in baskets, but not 

 in cold storage. 



Mr. Bomberger — Experience of eight or nine years in keeping 

 grapes shows that it makes a good deal of difference where the grapes 

 are grown about their keeping. New York grapes grow in poor soil, 

 among rock. Their clay soils grow grapes with thin, tough skins. 

 Grapes grown in a country like this, where there is a retention of mois- 

 ture, do not keep well. Sometimes I can keep Concords six weeks in 

 good condition ; at other times they spoil in two weeks. There is no 

 earthly excuse for us buying our grapes from Ohio and New York. There 

 is a market anywhere if you will make it by putting the right kind of 

 energy into your business. 



Mr. Chandler — You must keep up cultivation. I use a l-horse, 

 12tooth cultivator; some use a spading harrow. 



