New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 431 



With but few exceptions the reports speak of grapes as being 

 grown only for home use. In many places it is necessary to take 

 the vines from the trellis and cover them with earth or mulch 

 for winter protection. 



Eastern New York. — In this section there are some localities in 

 which grapes are grown to some extent for market, but the area 

 devoted to this fruit is not nearly so large as it is in some parts 

 of the lower Hudson valley, the interior lake region of central 

 and western New York and along the borders of the great lakes. 

 The varieties mentioned most frequently in reports from eastern 

 New York are as follows: 



VARIETY. 



Native varieties : 



Concord 



Moore Early ... 



Wordeu 



Hybrids: 



Brighton 



Delaware 



Niagara 



Times Mbmtioned. 



Home. 



Market. 



10 



Total. 



16 

 4 

 6 



5 

 9 

 8 



Per Cent, of Wikter Injury. 



Least. 







15 









 

 



Greatest. 



95 

 80 

 95 



95 



100 



95 



Average. 



30 

 48 

 43 



36 



40 

 40 



East Central New Tork. — The reports from this section indicate 

 that grapes are not grown to any great extent except for home 

 consumption. Twenty-three kinds are mentioned, of which the 

 following are named most often: ♦ 



VARIETY. 



Native varieties: 



Concord 



Moore Early 



Worden 



Hybrids : 



Brighton 



Delaware 



Niagara 



Varieties in general 



Average. 



64 

 41 

 28 



81 



62 

 74 

 55 



