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moderarely compact, color greenish-white, with a slight bloom; pulp rather tender, 

 green, sweet, rich, quite juicy; seeds few, medium size; quality very good; season 

 early September; quite productive. The best early white grape for home use or 

 market purposes; It also holds its quality well after maturity. Green Mountain is 

 identical witli this variety. 



Witt.— Vines quite vigorous hardy and healthy. Clusters medium size conical, 

 shouldered; berries medium to large, roundish, greenish-white or yellow at maturity, 

 with a thin whitish bloom; pulp very tender, yellowish, sweet and vinous, with an 

 abundant juice and a slight aroma; seeds few; quality quite good; season last of 

 September. 



Woodi'uff. — Vines quite strong-growing. Clusters medium size, roundish, shoul- 

 dered, quite compact; berries large, round, red, with a thin whitish bloom; pulp 

 rather Arm. whitish, mild, sweet and vinous, with a plentiful colorless juice and a 

 foxy aroma; seeds few; quality fair; moderately productive; season last of Sep^ 

 tember or tirst of October. Although it succeeds well in some places, it cannot 

 be generally recommended for market, as it is quite variable in quality and the 

 bunches are frequently quite small or imperfect. 



Worden.— Vines quite vigorous. Clusters large, long, shouldered; berries round, 

 black, with a thin blue bloom; pulp moderately firm, greenish-white, vinous, 

 pleasant, with a plentiful juice; seeds few; quality quite good; season early Sep- 

 tember; quite productive. Nearly a week later than Concord, and hence more 

 desirable than that variety for the northern part of the State, and on account of its 

 superior quality, it is everywhere preferred to the Concord for home use or local 

 market. 



Wyoming Red.— Ymes vigorous, healthy and hardy. Clusters rather small, 

 cylindrical, shouldered, moderately compact; berries medium size, round, dark 

 wine color, witJi an abundant whitish bloom; pulp moderately firm, yellowish, 

 sprightly, with a colorless juice and very foxy; seeds few; quality rather poor; 

 season middle of September. Altiaough it is quite hardy, and hence of some merit 

 for the northern part of the State, yet its poor quality renders it undesirable where 

 better kinds can be grown. 



APPLES. 



In addition to the spraying with copper sulphate solution, before the buds started, 

 the trees were sprayed witli Bordeaux mixture, after the fiower buds had appeared, 

 but before they opened, for the prevention of scab. This treatment is of even 

 more value than those made either earlier or later, as the fruit stalks are 

 particularly subject to the attack of the apple scab fungus, and if the conditions 

 at the time of blossoming favor the development of the disease, the crop is often 

 destroyed, but if the trees are sprayed just before the flowers open, the attack can 

 be prevented. On June 2, another spraying with Bordeaux mixture and Paris green 

 was given the trees for the destruction of the larvae of the codling moth as well as 

 for preventing the 'scab. Other sprayings were made upon the 20th of June and 

 upon the 22nd of July. On June 4th the presence of the Avoolly aphis being de- 

 tected upon some of the trees, they were sprayed with kerosene emulsion, and wood 

 ashes were later on scattered about the trees at the rate of one bushel per tree. Al- 

 though a large number of the varieties were old enough to give a fair crop, com- 

 paratively few of the trees blossomed. The following are descriptions of the 

 varieties that fruited this year: 



Battullen.— Trees spreading and of vigorous growth; the fruit which ripened the 

 latter part of October, weigihed five and one-lialf ounces; form roundish, oblate, 

 with a deep, slightly irregular basin, and a narrow, deep and regular cavity; stalk 

 one inch long and of medium size; calyx slightly open; segments long, reflexed and 

 woolly; calyx tube long, funnel shaped; color clear yellow, with a carmine blush and 

 marblings and blotches of russet and clear green on a j'ellow ground; dots numerous 

 and oblong, brown; flesh whitish, very juicy, tender, with a sprightly, acid flavor; 

 quality good. This promises to be one of the best of the late-keeping winter 

 varieties, and if sutficiently productive, will be a valuable kind for market in sec- 

 tions where hardiness is of importance. 



Borovinka. — Trees vigorous, rather upright, with quite strong shoots, of a dark 

 olive brown, quite downy; fruit roundish, oblate, with an average weight of eight 

 ounces; I'ipe August 10; cavity broad and deep, sliglitly corrugated; stalk stout, 

 seven-eighths of an inch long; basin broad, shallow, with a large conical calyx tube, 

 and with a large and nearly closed calyx of which the segments are long and the 



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