200 



Grape ^/ij'Uoxera. 



1872. 

 Varieties. 





Total. 



1 Alger May 14 July 9 



2 Cedar Hill June 28 



3 Dwarf < )i;ui,irefield " 



4 Karl V Smooth Ked " 



5 "■ ProIiHc July 9 



6 " Shipping " 



7 Fejee June 28 



8 Golden Striped " 



9 Gen. Grant " 



10 Hathaway 's Excelsior " 



11 Hubbard's Curled Leaf " 30 



12 Large York " 2S 



13 Lester's Perfected July 9 



14 New York Market " 



15 Oraugelield June 28 



1(5 Persian " 



17 Rising Sun July 12 



18 Smooth Red June 28 



19 Trophy July 12 



20 Howard July 20 



Aug. 

 July 



" 27 



Aug. 1 



July 28 



Aug. 1 



July 25 



" 23 



" 28 



" 27 



Aug. 1 



July 27 



'^' 20 



Aug. 2 



July 20 



Aug. 5 



" 10 



lbs. oz 

 1 8 



1 Hi 

 10" 



lbs. oz 

 3 3 



7 



7 



10 



3 



3 15 



4 15 



4 7 

 1 3 



5 2 

 4 Vi 



1 13 



4 



2 11 

 12i 



2 



3 9 



lbs. oz. 



17 Hi 

 20 6i 



20 15i 

 12 



16 9i 



18 -13 



21 10 

 21 15^ 



17 2 

 8 14 

 6 



21 1 



8 2 



4 li 



Remarks. 



1 Pretty fair size, but not so smooth as some. 



2 Abundant bearer, fair size, and pretty smooth. 



3 Medium. 



4 Very smooth, good bearer, but rather small. 



5 Nothing to recommend it. 



6 Nothing to recommend it. 



7 Late, very fair size, and generally a good bearer. 



8 Very pretty sti'iped, lair size, and medium bearer. 



9 Very good. 



10 Cracks badly when ripe ; about same size and quality as Early Smooth Red. 



11 Nothing to recommend it. 



12 Yellow, fair size, pretty smooth, and veiy good quality. 1 



13 Very good ; late. 



14 In field cultivation Avas next to Trophy, and nearly as early as Smooth Red. 



15 Nothing to recommend it. 



1(5 Yellow ; nothing to recommend It. 



17 First planting destroyed. 



18 Very good. 



19 I'lants injured by cut-wonns ; two plants entirely destroyed. 



20 Did not grow very weU. 



G-rape Phylloxera. 



THIS is fast becoming a word to be dreaded by men on both sides of the Atlantic, 

 Such men as the State Entomologist of Missouri attribute the death of the 

 ends of vines, and the inability of the vine to break the fruit buds, to this insect on 

 the rootlets of the vine. It becomes all horticulturists to examine and see if this 



is so. 



In Europe it is said it kills the whole vine, root and all, by its depredations on 

 the roots and rootlets. What I announced, at least ten years ago, as " black rot," I 

 now suspect is this insect. We ask the editor of The Horticulturist to publish 

 the description of this minute insect, as it feeds on the leaf and on the roots. Prof. 

 Riley, of St. Louis, ought to give a good practical article on it; or at least, extracts 



from his able State reports. 



S. J. Parker, M. D. 



