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culture. As it is, however, perhaps I have herein said enough, 

 and respectfully submit this as my report. 



On motion of Mr. Gould, the report as to reciprocal arrange- 

 ments about premiums and exchanges of reports was agreed' to. 



Next in order was a 



REPORT ON GRAPES. 



By C H. Gueenman, of Dovek Center, Minn. 



Mr. President., and gentletnen of the Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society: 



By request of our secretary, I submit a short report on grapes. 



The long term of wet weather during the fall of 1881, was not 

 favorable to the thorough ripening of the wood, but owing to the 

 mildness of the winter of 1882, together with the abundance of 

 moisture in the soil, vines, with few exceptions, came through with- 

 out injury either in roots or tops. 



The exceptions were where they were on dry or gravelly knolls, 

 together with a few vines planted too shallow, and these were in 

 both cases injured in the roots. 



Most of the bearing vines in this section were therefore in good 

 condition when spring opened. A late frost hurt some of the 

 early buds, still a good number of bunches set, and thanks for a 

 late fall, nearly every variety which came under my observation, 

 ripened their fruit. 



Rev. Mr. Tibbetts, whose farm adjoins my own, had excellent 

 Concord grapes, both in the size of the bunches and the quality 

 of the fruit; he had one thousand pounds or more that didn't fully 

 ripen; this was on account of the vines being too heavily loaded. 

 His Janesville grapes showed some mildew, the berries being covered 

 with small black spots; these vines are in the orchard, surrounded 

 by a heavy willow hedge, and in close proximity to the Transend- 

 ent crab apple trees. We both raised the question, does not the 

 blight from these trees afiect the grape vines? Those nearest to 

 the crab trees seeming to be the most affected. The Worden 

 fruited with him for the first time, as also the Wilder and Lindley, 

 and were very satisfactory. Wilder was very fine. 



