320 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Spaulding. Unexcelled for dessert and culinary purposes. Good for 

 market. 



Shropshire : — The best Damson. The fruit is of a deep, blue color and 

 is free from rot. Of right size for this type. The tree is vigorous and 

 productive. Valuable. Ripens in September. 



Spaulding: — A productive and vigorous plum of the Green Gage type. 

 Quality very good, but not quite as good as Stark Gage. Slightly more 

 productive. Somewhat subject to rot. There is not much difference be- 

 tween this and the above variety. Valuable for dessert, culinary and 

 market. Ripens during the last week in August. 



Victoria: A large, yellow plum partly covered and spotted with red. 

 Subject to rot. Quality good, and texture firm. Oval in shape. The 

 tree is moderately vigorous and thrifty, and is an abundant bearer. 

 Rots too easily to be valuable. Ripens during the latter part of 

 August. 



Wangenheim: — A German plum of medium size and of good quality. 

 Good for canning purposes. Color dark blue. The tree is a strong 

 grower, and is productive. The fruit is firm and comparatively free from 

 rot. Ripens during the third week in August. 



GRAPES. 



The station vineyards were planted in 1888 and have been trained 

 upon a horizontal trellis. This consists of posts at the usual distance 

 with a cross arm at the top upon which the wires are borne. The vines 

 are trained upon this so as to have two canes in each direction from 

 the top of the main stem. These are tied to the wires and no further 

 attention is given in the way of tying or training unless the new canes 

 make so rank a growth as to trail upon the ground in the way of the 

 cultivator; in which case the ends have been cut ofif. If the vines send 

 out too many shoots from latent buds, these are rubbed off to throw 

 the entire vigor of the vines into the fruit bearing canes. The winter or 

 spring pruning has followed the Knifiin system. This consists of the 

 selection of four canes coming out from the main portion of the vine 

 and heading these back so as to leave about ten or twelve buds upon 

 each. All of the other canes are cut away except three or four upon a 

 main stem, which are cut back to two buds. The shoots that develop 

 from these will be used for the fruit bearing canes the coming year. 



The vertical trellis is most commonly used in the sections of the 

 state where grape growing is most extensively carried on. This has also 

 been thoroughly tested at the station with good results. This consists 

 merely of two wires fastened to the posts, the upper one at the top and 

 the other about one-third of the way to the ground. While it is desirable 

 to have the trellis five and one-half to six feet high, five feet is a more 

 common height. « 



The following varieties will give good results in all parts of the 

 state where grapes can be grown successfully: Moores Early, Worden, 

 Concord, black; Delaware, Brighton. Voi'gonnes. red; Winchell, Niagara 

 and iJiamoud, white. The Campbell Early does well in many sections and 

 is a very fine grape but is not always productive. Although of inferior 

 quality, the Champion has been found a profitable grape in some sec- 

 tions on account of its earliness and productiveness 



