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CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES 



Almost a total failure, I think, from the drought last summer, 1887. 



CHERRIES. ' 



The best crop of fruit in ten years, conspicuous among which were 

 Gov. Wood, May Duke, Rein Hortense, and Napoleon. 



PLUMS. 



Marianna, Wild Goose, Deep Creekj Golden Beauty, DeSoto and Damsons 

 all matured their fruit. Deep Creek is the best flavored of any native I 

 have tasted ) et. DeSoto is very fine also. 



Golden Beauty is quite late, very handsome, but must be well 

 thinned or they will be small, as it sets about four times as many as it 

 should carry through; the curculio don't seem to affect them. In 

 Marianna I am disappointed ; not good enough, and rots on the tree too 

 much. 



GRAPES 



Were a pretty fair crop, although the rot at one time threatened to 

 make a clean sweep of them. Jewel, the earliest and a superb one, 

 dried in the sacks and make good raisins. 



Early Victor, Moore's Early and Worden are all good and early. 



Moore's Diamond, among the earliest, was again best of all the white 

 ones. 



Empire State was splendid, and the quality superior to what I ex- 

 pected. 



Pocklington was very fine and ripened quite late. 



Triumph was splendid in appearance, but the foliage suffered some- 

 what and prevented the fruit from ripening perfect. 



Brighton was a show, and the fruit of extra fine quality. 'Tis a 

 great pity that this grape is not hardy. 



Niagara, I did not get a ripe berry and did not put on the sacks in 

 time and they all rotted. 



The fact is we cannot grow grapes here with any certainty unless 

 we do sack them, and that must be done in time. As soon as the fruit 

 is set is the safest. 



