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plenty of hose, the person operating a pump can work back and forth for a con- 

 siderable distance so that liquid spraying is more satisfactory for spraying 

 grapes. The remainder of the vineyard was given three applications of Bor- 

 deaux mixture, and one application of soda Bordeaux. The soda Bordeaux was 

 applied early in August and is recommended for the rot of grapes and plums, 

 as it can be applied when the fruit is beginning to ripen without staining the 

 fruit. The usual formula is Babbitt's concentrated lye (soda), 1 pound; lime, 

 5 ounces; copper sulphate, 3 pounds; water, 30 gallons. In preparing this, two 

 gallons of water were used to slake the lime, the same quantity of hot water for 

 dissolving the concentrated lye and the copper sulphate. When cold, mix the 

 lime and copper sulphate solutions and after adding the lye solution, dilute to 

 30 gallons with water. No very definite results were obtained as the vines were 

 exceptionally free from diseases of any kind and held their foliage late in the 

 autumn. The season was late and the grapes were considerably later in matur- 

 ing than usual. The later-ripening kinds were not quite up to the standard in 

 quality. 



Hew Varieties. 



Early Ohio: — Ripens with Moore's Early but is more productive than that 

 variety. It lacks in quality, and the berries are small. Valuable only as an 

 early variety. 



Hicks and St. Louis are two new varieties received from Henry Wallis, Wells- 

 ton, I\Io.. and both bore a good crop this season. Both ripen about midway be- 

 tween Moore's Early and Concord. Hicks has long, conical, compact bunches of 

 medium size. Berries medium to large size, round, black, with blue bloom. 

 Flavor, mild, vinous; quality fnir. Of some promise as it fills in the season be- 

 tween the early and late purple grapes. St. Louis is less compact than Hicks; 

 of the same size, color and growth of vine, but sweeter and better in quality. 

 Ripens with the above variety, and should it prove as productive, would be 

 preferable. 



Green: — Bore a few small clusters this season, ripening a week in advance of 

 Niagara, which it resembles, although more of a transparent yellow color. It 

 is sweeter, but has the Niagara flavor. 



Commercial Varieties. 



The following list contains only well tested kinds: 



Black: — Moores', Campbell, Early Ohio, Worden, and Concord. White: — Dia- 

 mond, Guinevra, Niagara and Pocklington. Red: — Delaware and Vergennes. For 

 the home collection, the red varieties, Brighton, Ulster, lona, Jefferson and Diana 

 could be added. 



Brighton and Ulster are the earliest of this class and are of fine quality. 

 Ulster being one of the sweetest varieties on trial. Jefferson and Diana are 

 valuable as late keepers, and for that reason, are desirable for laying away in 

 the cellar. The Jessica might also be added to this list. It is a small, produc- 

 tive, early-ripening white grape of .good quality. 



Catawba: — An *old. well-known variety matured a partial crop of fruit this 

 season, the first on fourteen-year old vines. 



CHERRIES. 



The crop of cherries was far from as heavy as last season, except upon a few 

 varieties. All kinds bloomed full, but the fruit failed to set on a large number 

 of varieties that are usually reliable. There were no injurious frosts, but the 

 season was late and cold during the time of blooming and setting of the fruit, 

 which may have had something to do with the diflSculty. The dust spraying 

 formula. No. 1, (lime, copper sulphate, lye, sulphur and Paris green), was used 

 in a comparative test with liquid Bordeaux mixture and arsenite of lime for 

 controlling leaf-blight and curculio. The work of the curculio in the cherry 

 orchards has never been troublesome, as very little wormy fruit is found. There 

 was no difference in the results with the two methods in controlling curculio. 

 Very little brown rot made its appearance in the orchard and no difference in 

 the amount was noted between the different methods. The dust was less effect- 

 ual against other fungi than the liquid spray, although only three applications 

 of liquid Bordeaux were given to five of the dust. One application of each was 



