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must be kept going. But what shall we say for what I (for want of a better 

 name) will now call the "irregulars," those colors that are not properly class- 

 ified as either red, white or black ? 



Some are green, some greenish pink, some gray, some purple, Martha, Per- 

 kins, Goethe, Elvira, etc. Some are of fine quality but of poor color ; some 

 attractive but poor producers, others very productive but dull and unsalable, 

 only to those acquainted with them. 



To the one planting for market I would say, first, carefully study your 

 market and "size up" the different tastes as nearly as possible, then plant 

 proportionally of the best, most productive and brightest, known to succeed in 

 the locality, of the following : 



Black, such as Moore's Early, Worden, Cottage, Concord. 



Ked, such as Delaware, Lindley, Ulster, Poughkeepsie, Wyoming. 



White, such as Niagara, Duchess, Empire State. 



Golden, such as Pocklington (none for me), Triumph, South. 



Clear purple, a very attractive color, such as Herbemont, and others in the 

 South, remembering always that the great bulk of the market for hotel and 

 family use is supplied satisfactorily with a large, ripe black grape of fair qual- 

 ity. Plant very sparingly of dull or irregular colors, and of very fancy kinds. 



A STUDY IN ENTOMOLOGY. 



At the close of the reading of Professor Munson's paper, the hour having 

 arrived for the special exercises announced on the programme, the meeting 

 was given in charge of Prof. A. J. Cook, of the Agricultural College. 



For years Prof. Cook has been the Entomologist of the society, and he has 

 not only given a great deal of time personally to the investigation of entomo- 

 logical matters thrown into his hands by the society, but he has done better 

 than that. He has been educating young men with special reference to the 

 investigation of insects injurious to the horticulturist ; and in the transactions 

 of our society there are many valuable contributions from these young man 

 who have undertaken original investigations for the benefit of the society. It 

 was in remembrance of this work that Prof. Cook was invited to present any 

 matters to our June meeting, through his students, that seemed to be ger- 

 mane to the general scheme of the meeting. 



The Profes-or, after a short preparatory talk as to the methods which his 

 students pursued in doing original work in Entomology, said that a subject, 

 which had been given very little attention in our transactions was 



THE IMPORTED CURRANT BORER— JEgeria tipuliformis. 



and introduced one of his students, Mr. D. A. Pelton, who, with accompanying 

 illustrations, said : 



The currant is one of the most common of our smaller garden fruits, and 

 also one that is widely known. We find it in the country distributed from the 

 Atlantic westward to the Mississippi, and northward into Canada as the wild 

 red currant, Bibes rubrum. This is very much like, and perhaps identical 

 with the corresponding species of Europe, the cultivated red currant of the 

 garden, and from which our common red currant undoubtedly is a descend- 

 ant. 



In the early settlement of this country every New England garden had its 

 long row of currant bushes, from which the skilled Puritan housewife knew 



