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are imperfect, or the ovaries start to develop but soon fall away or 

 persist as abortive fruits. This demonstrates one grave source of the 

 failure of the foreign hybrids. Of the new varieties which have been 

 intioduced during recent years may be named : Worden, Moore's 

 Diamond. Green Mountain, Eaton, Elvira, Early Ohio, Jefferson, 

 Moore's Early, Ironclad, Pocklington, Poughkeepsie Red, Vergennes, 

 Superb, all pure natives, or nearly so, and each one has proved of 

 value. These facts necessarily lead to the presumption, at least, that 

 we must look to the native stock for our hardy grapes, especially in 

 our Wecitern country. George C. Snow, New York. 



Ill the Vineyard. 



It should be kept clean during the whole of the season, and if so 

 done there is nothing to do now except to gather and to market them. 

 If they have been neglected, then cut all weeds and grass closely and 

 use as a mulch. If grapes are wanted for late use let such varieties as 

 Catawba, Goethe, Nortons, hang on the vines as late as possible, then 

 pick and pack carefully in bran, or wrap closely in oil paper, put in 

 small packages, and then place them in a cool cellar. 



Stripping- Grapes Does Pay. 



The question is frequently asked by our horticultural exchanges, 

 " Does it pay to strip off the|new growth after being killed by late frosts, 

 as was the case this spring?" The Leader has interviewed several of 

 the prominent growers and nearly all answer in the affirmative. 



R. S. Jones' vineyard was very badly frosted both last year and 

 this. Last year he did not strip, and harvested 500 baskets from sec- 

 ond growth. This spring he stripped all but eight rows, and says he 

 expects .3000 baskets of first-class fruit. He says the eight rows he 

 did not strip will not pay for picking. 



N. O. Martin & Co. say they stripped 14 to 20 acres, and will get 

 one-third of a crop from the portion stripped. Those that were left 

 with the dead foliage hanging on will yield scarcely anything. It cost 

 $5 to strip the 14 acres. 



C. Dunham has a small patch that were killed and were not 

 stripped at all. He says they now have as heavy a second growth as 

 any vineyard that was stripped. 



