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alpo been obtained with stone fniits, more particularly Mirabelle and Roine-Claude 

 plinns. Caution if! advised in .summer gral'tiiiir apricots and peaches. These do not 

 succeed well. Sunnner i;raftin<j: often enables a l)etter distribution of time than 

 spring grafting, when all farm work is pressing. In sunnner grafting, the scions 

 slionld l>e taken from good healthy wood, preferably the under portion of the sum- 

 mer's growth. Any of the usual method.s of grafting may be practiced. As soon as 

 the scion is cut it should be wrapped in moist cloth to prevent the bark from drying 

 out. All the leaves should be removed from the scion as in Imdding. Usually no 

 more leaves will be jHit out during the season. August is considered the liest time 

 for sunnner grafting. Earlier grafting is not reconnnended, since the hot weather of 

 July is apt to seriously injure the young grafts and force new growth, which seldom 

 ripi'us up before winter sets in, and is almost certain to be destroyed. 



Second report on grapes, A. L. Quaintance {(I'eorgin Sta. Bnl. .>>, irp. 35-70, 

 ph. 13). — The earlier report of the station on grapes was largely concerned with 

 the culture and pests of grapes (E. S. R., 7, p. 767). The present bulletin includes 

 the results of tests of 302 varieties, with notes on the si)ecific and varietal parentage 

 of each variety, State of origin, vigor, blooming period, condition of stamens as to 

 whether ui>nght or refiexed, size and compactness of bunch, size of l)erry, color, 

 susceptibility to black rot, date of ripening, and average yield of fruit per vine in 

 1900. A succession list of 12 red, 18 black, and 13 white varieties recommended for 

 cultivation in (reorgia is given. These varieties are descril)ed, their self-fertility or 

 sterility noted, and the effect of ringing on the size, earliness, and (juality of the 

 fruit, as determined by experiments, recorded in tabular form. 



The succession list of grapes recommended for (Georgia is given Ijelow: 



^accession list of grape.i fur Georgia. 



Of the varieties above recorded, the best for market purposes are Presly, Delaware, 

 Agawam, and (Jatawba, of the red varieties; Early Ohio, INIoore Early, Ives, Concord, 

 C-arman, and Neva Mun«on, of the blacks; and Bell, Moore Diamond, Ronunel, 

 Niagara, Triumph, and Pocklington, of the white varieties. For red wine, Norton, 

 Virginia, Lenoir, Clinton, Concord, Ives, and Thomas are recommended; and for 

 white wines, Missouri Riesling, Catawba, Delaware, Elvira, IIerl)emont, Noah, and 

 Scuppernong. In the station tests the varieties Maxatawney, Whit(>hall, and Salem 

 were found completely self-sterile, and (^Joetiie was practically so, and hence these 

 varieties should never be plante<l alone. 



One of the 2 canes of each of the varieties in the above table was ringed 3or4 joints 

 distant from its base, thus leaving 3 or 4 shoots to supi)ort that part of the vine the 



