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the Champion, the Hartford, the Delaware and the Salem, so that it has some good com- 

 panions. The Brighton I think very much of. It is a very rapid grower on my grounds, 

 but a shy bearer. The quality of the fruit, in my estimation, is very difficult to beat. 

 A Member. — Is the Burnet a strong grower on your soill 



Col. McGill. — Yes. I have the Champion, and so far as dollars and cents are con- 

 cerned, I make more out of it than anything else. A year ago last fall, when I was 

 exhibiting at the county agricultural society's show, a gentleman came across my Cham- 

 pions. He helped himself to them, and said he, " that is the best grape. Colonel, I 

 ever ate in my life." I said, " I am very much obliged to you, I never heard it get that 

 praise before." I have no trouble in selling them for eight and nine cents a pound by 

 the basket. I think very much of the Delaware. It is small. It bears very heavily, 

 but we cannot sell the grapes for any more than the black. The Concord is, I think, so 

 far as tested, the grape for the million. It is very popular, but I am inclined to 

 think it will lose its laurels to the Worden Seedling. The Worden Seedling is, at least, 

 ten or twelve days earlier, and equally prolific, if not more so ; and I think in flavour a 

 little better. My favourite among the reds would be Lindley (No. 9), and then the Salem. 

 Then, the Lady Washington, so far as flavour is concerned, I think that there is nothing 

 that can touch it. I have the Duchess, Pi'entiss, and friend Dempsey's No. 25. It has 

 not fruited yet, but it has never shown the least sign of mildew on the foliage. I have 

 fruited the Lady Washington. It ripened very well with me. I have fruited the Early 

 Dawn and Moore's Early. I do not think so much of Moore's Early. I think more of 

 the Early Dawn — of the fruit, but it is small in our section. It is the eye that has to be 

 pleased more than the palate ; they look at the size more than they consider the flavour. 

 I have fruited the White Lady, and I like it very much. My grounds are very warm, 

 and I train it pretty close. I have been trying this last few years to get the Niagara along- 

 side of it. I would like to test it along with the rest. I have the Ann Arbour white 

 «rape from Michigan. It is a seedling from the Concord which has not fruited yet. I find 

 most money in the Concord from its prolificness so far, because the others are just com- 

 ino- into bearing. Then come the Salem, Rogers' 15 and No. 9. They are I'ed. lean 

 sell them at any time from 12| to 15 and 16 cents a pound in Oshawa, while they come 

 to Toronto and buy what are supposed to be the same grapes and sell them for seven and 

 eight cents. 



Mr. Bucke. — I would like to say a word in favour of the Burnet grape, as an amateur 

 grape, not a grape for the market. It has been fruiting down in Ottawa now for a couple 

 of years, and it is very highly thought of by those who have fruited it. I do not know 

 that it has been put on the iBarket at all, but those who have grown it for themselves 

 consider it an Al grape. This year a great many of the berries on the vine had no 

 seeds, and they were very small. I think this may be owing to some climatic influence 

 in consequence of the shifting of the grape. We grow the lona down there — a red grape 



and we think a great deal of it for home use. It ripens with us very well if we do not 



let it crop too heavily. You should not have more than two bunches to every spur. 

 They are also propagating down there. The Golden Chasselas de Fontainbleau, the 

 Golden Chasselas it is called, is being very largely planted, and it sells very well. 

 It is a white grape and the bunches are very large. Unfortunately the thrip has attacked 

 it very much. We keep the grapes from being discoloured by the thrip by putting paper 

 ba"S on them, and the bunches turn out very large and very fine. It is not only a good 

 crape for private individuals, but it is a good grape to sell. 



Col. McGill. — Another grape that slipped my memory — a new grape — that is bear- 

 in » not far from me, is called the Janes ville. It is a new seedling. It is earlier than the 

 Champion — more prolific, and better and harder in the wood. It is enormously pro- 

 ductive. It would only rank, however, as a second-class grape. 



A Member. — Do you grow that Chasselas De Fontainbleau with6ut the use of 

 sulphur 1 



Mr. Bucke. — Yes. 



A Member. — And does it never mildew ? 



Mr. Bucke. — No. 



Mr. Arnold. — Do you grow the Miller's Burgundy 1 



