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The Rock or Sand grape, the Mustang grape, and a few other species 

 have, so far, not done very much in the make-up of varieties, so we will 

 not go into detail about these, but the European grapes should be men- 

 tioned, although by lack of hardiness they can not be grown here success- 

 fully, but have done much in the make-up of varieties. The Delaware, 

 Goethe, Diamond, Duchess, Herbert, Jewel, Lindley, Rochester, Taylor, 

 Wilder and many others area cross between American and Eurof^ean 

 grapes. The Delaware and Goethe are known to be fine table grapes, 

 but lack of hardiness and subject to rot is a drawback to them, and so 

 are almost all varieties that have blood of the European grape. 



Now, I have said nothing about the new varieties that are just com- 

 ing up, but I don't like to say anything against nor for them. Let the 

 Experiment Stations and those that originated them test them for years. 

 Don't pay one to two dollars per vine and then at last be surprised to 

 find them not quite as good as Concord, for the Concord can be had at 

 five cents per vine. Years ago when Moore's Early came up, my father 

 paid an Eastern grape specialist for one "Moore's Early" vine $2.50. 

 From the top he grafted a few vines, and then gave all particular care 

 for a few years and then decided that the Moore's Early was not worth 

 planting, and told his customers so. A few years later he found that 

 he had never had a Moore's Early ; therefore, take care from whom you 

 buy, and if you are not sure that you get what you pay for, then better 

 buy old well known varieties and know what you have bought. 



GRAPES DISCUSSION. 



D. A. Robnett. — I do not believe any grape will pay as well as the 

 Concord. I get more out of it than anything else. 



Mr. Todd; New Franklin, Mo. — The Concord is the only fruit that 

 has been a success with me. My red grapes were frozen to the ground. 

 There was not a live bud on them. The Concords were frozen also. 

 They seemed to be killed, and I did not think they would bud ,but they 

 have budded nicely and it looks as if we would have half a crop of Con- 

 cords. 



Prof. Dutcher. — The vineyards on the uplands have received very 

 little injury; but on the lowlands, even in shallow ravines, I find a number 

 of young vines with buds forming were frozen back to the old wood. 

 Some were frozen only part way back. I was in one vineyard where 

 I found this to be the case in a ravine leading from the south to the 

 north, but all the vines on the hill were in fair condition. I have only 

 a few vines on the north side of my house with the protection of build- 

 ings, and there is not a sign of frost. They are as full of bloom as vines 



