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three quarts; while most varieties were altogether through bearing; while 

 in the first picking of the season we got more Jewells than any kind except 

 AVilsou, and second picking more than Wilson. Under favoring circum- 

 stances it will on our soil outyield any and all other varieties. 



On a high hill in a peach orchard our neighbor, who raised Jewell plants 

 for us with best success, gives us the following. ' (We took all plants except 

 a strip in ere li row 14 inches wide.) 



Having this season fruited the Jewell upon quite a large scale, it gives us 

 pleasure to endorse all that has been said in its favor, with still more to add. 

 We unhesitatingly pronounce the Jewell in all respects the peer of any 

 other variety. We began picking June 9, and close to-day, July 16. 



We have given the Jewell only ordinary field culture, the same as the 

 other varieties. 



The Jewell was fully double on the average side by side with the Sharp- 

 less, which was its closest competitor. 



The last two pickings, while the Jewell was giving 12 to 18 quarts to the 

 row, the Sharpless gave on rows the same length 1 to 3 quarts. 



The size of berries on the average through the season exceeds the Sharp- 

 less. 



The plants are very vigorous and healthy. As a variety it is all a reason- 

 able man can ask. 



It runs large early, large late, large all the time; with that bright, rich 

 color so attractive that dealers and their customers prefer it every time. 



There is a point not to be overlooked, viz. : That it is pistillate. Plant 

 every third row with Wilson, Capt. Jack and Warren alternately. With 

 this combination and high culture an enormous crop of high-colored large 

 firm shipping berries is attainable. Ten years hence the Jewell will be 

 more widely and favorably known than at present. We feel that in dissem- 

 inating the Jewell we have done the world good service. 



Lithographs of Itasca strawberries were shown by the originator, J. H. 

 llaynes, of Delphi, Ind., and in response to an inquiry the secretary said: 

 "The Itasca is a seedling of Manchester, fertilized with Seneca Queen, and 

 it ripens a little later than the Crescent." 



NOTES ON THE NEWER GRAPES. 



The following letter to the secretary from that veteran grajDe grower, Geo.. 

 W. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio, was next presented and commented upon 

 by several members most favorably : 



I shall confine myself to remarks upon some of the newer grapes: 

 The Empire State — I have now had a fair opportunity o2 testing this grape, 

 having had it in bearing for two years, and am glad to say my impressions 

 of it are favorable. It is a strong, healthy grower, and its foliage as entirely 

 healthy and free from disease as any variety I have ever grown. I think it 

 at least as hardy in winter as the average of our native varieties, abun- 

 dantly productive, and, to my taste, of very fine quality. For the two years 

 I have fruited it there have been no indications of rot; but it is fair to say 

 that few other varieties have rotted to any serious extent here the past two 

 years. Two years ago all varieties, subject to mildew of the foliage, suffered 

 pretty badly, and the Empire State was entirely exempt. It is not as early 

 as claimed by its introducers. It is eatable before it is ripe, perhaps a little 



