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tasted — you will hardly find it so now, I fear. I also put in a few ber- 

 ries of the Jewel, just to show its admirable keeping qualities for such 

 an early grape. My vines are strong, vigorous and healthy and gain- 

 ing in vigor as they grow older, and they produce so bountifully, I have, 

 until this and last season, cut off at least one-fourth to one-third of the 

 grapes set, and then have left as many to ripen as I dared to for the 

 health of the vine. 



Last year my grapes were cut off by hail, and this year reduced 

 over one-half by the long spell of cold rain and two frosts near the 

 last of May when the vines were in full bloom, and our cool and rainy 

 summer has prevented all the grapes from ripening to their full perfec- 

 tion. They lack the saccharine matter to a great degree, that softens 

 the pulp and gives that character and fine flavor they ordinarily have 

 in a good season. I know of no grape that compares with the Jewel 

 for its good quality and very early ripening. It appears to me that it 

 is the grape to set out to supply the great want for a very early good 

 fruit. There is none to compete with it. 



Eespectfully yours, 



John Burr. 



Neosho, Mo., November 29, 1889. 



L. A. Goodman, Esq. : 



Dear Sir — Your favor received. I had commenced a paper for 

 your meeting, as required, but am not able to complete it, since I am 

 called to Philadelphia by a brother in the last stage of consumption. 



Therefore, will only state what I consider of the greatest practical 

 importance, viz. : That I again repeated, on a large scale this year, the 

 experiments to prevent mildew and rot by early and frequent spray- 

 ing with Bordeaux mixture. It proved a complete success, not only 

 as a preventative of mildew (Peronaspora), but likewise in saving even 

 such grapes as Concord and Gcethe from rot, and this during one of 

 the most favorable seasons for rot and mildew in grapes ever experi- 

 enced here. I sent my detailed report to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture in Washington a month ago. It will be published soon, and I sup- 

 pose you will desire to add it to your records. 



Very respectfully yours, 



Herman Jaeger. 



