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been safer, and had realized more than any other variety. Some 

 growers like the Ives grape, but it was the general opinion that be- 

 tween the 30th and 35th degrees of latitude the Concord thrived the 

 best. The Scuppernong was a grape that never failed, but was not a 

 good fruit for the market. He thought the rot this year was caused 

 by excessive rain ; thirty days of constant showers had ruined a prem- 

 ising crop. He thought that the people of his State should attend to 

 the drainage of the land, as it was a blue clay soil. Professor McKay, 

 of the Mississippi Agricultural College, also thought rain had been the 

 cause of the rot in his State, although in some parts the Delaware suc- 

 ceeded well. He was of the opinion that trimming helped the fruit, 

 the berry growing larger and giving a better color. Mr. Miller said he 

 had accidentally discovered that sulphate of iron was a good rot pre- 

 ventive. 



Mr. Lindley, of North Carolina, in speaking of his State said : 

 " Grape culture is materially increasing in our State. The State is di- 

 vided into three sections. The eastern section is the home of the 

 Scuppernong, and sometimes one vine covers three acres of ground. 

 In the middle section we grow about seventy-five varieties of bunch 

 grapes, and I think we grow the finest grapes in the country. Our 

 best paying fruits are the Ives and Champion. The Worden we call 

 the best black grape." 



Mr. Van Deman, of Kansas, said that the grape crop in his State 

 was very good this year. The speaker had been through Texas and 

 Arkansas, and had seen some fine grapes under cultivation that seemed 

 to stand the drouth finely, and all the common varieties were thriving. 

 "Mr. Munson, of Texas," said he, "is doing a noble work by sowing the 

 the seeds of wildlings, and after raising seedlings crossing them with 

 the choicest varieties of cultivated grapes. Some of the wildlings are 

 fine grapes, the bunches being a foot in length. This is the first at- 

 tempt to infuse the blood of these wildlings into domestic grapes, and 

 the process is only in the first generation. Mr. Munson has some of 

 the finest, brightest colored grapes I have seen, which he calls 'old 

 gold.' " President Earle paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Munson, who 

 has done much in the development of fruit culture. Mr. George ^Y. 

 Campbell, of Ohio, said: "Central Ohio is not an extensive grape- 

 growing country, but we have many amateur growers. This year is 

 the best since 1849. The grapes of both early and late varieties are 

 ripening near together. The Tolman grape I regard as an abomination, 

 but some people like it because it colors early, and is sent to the market 

 so that the grower can get good prices. I was one of the first in Ohio 



