As this is written where there are no facilities for copying, 
you be kind enough to return this, preserving a copy should 
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may serve as a report to my company. +a : 
I have requested Mr. Churchill: HOS examine this report with your 
coincide with me in his views. 
Very respectfully. 
(Signed) ; G. G. LANSING, 
For Niagara White Grape Co., Lockport, N. Y. "a 
_P.S.— We found no well defined cases of powdery mildew (Uneunee ae 
spiralis), a few specimens of Phyloxera, principally on foreign” he 
varieties. ne 
Geneva, August 12, 1890. 
Nores Taken In THE NraGarRA VINEYARDS NEAR PHELPS AND ORLEANS. 
The first vineyards visited were those of Mr. David Cosad, about 
three miles south of Phelps. He has three vineyards, comprising in 
all about twenty-five acres. I found his vineyards in a very healthy 
and promising condition, both as to quality and quantity of fruitand 
freedom from disease. A few cases of downy and powdery mildew 
were found, but neither seemed active. Only one case of black rot | 
was found in his vineyards, and it had affected but two berries, both — by 
of which were on the same bunch. No indications could be foundon 
the vine or on the remaining clusters of fruit. Mr. Cosad thought 
the disease was lessening rather than on the increase, and that the 
vines and fruit had showed signs of improvement in the pastfew 
days. Mr. Cosad has the material for the ammoniacal copper solution © 
and intends to begin spraying at once, although he has ceased to 
be alarmed for the safety of his crop. : 
Next I visited the vineyard of Mr. Whitbeck, about one mile 
north of Mr. Cosad’s, Mr. C. kindly offering to go with me for 
‘the balance of the trip, and I gladly accepted his offer. I found 
here the nature of the soil had changed quite perceptibly, the 
limestone underlying this section coming nearer the surface and 
in some places cropping out. The vines in this vineyard are — 
in the main in good condition of growth, but they show more ial 
signs of disease than in any of the vineyards visited. The downy 
mildew and brown rot were especially noticed on the east side of the 
vineyard. The ground is lower here, forming quite a depression, — 
and is bounded on the east and south by woodland. This would — 
