THE VINEYARD IN JULY AND AUGUST. 261 



Mr. A'l. R. Cashman : What 'is the most profitable variety for 

 the farmer in your experience? 



Mr. Reel : The Concord, of all varieties. 



The President: Have you tried the Beta? 



Mr. Reel: I have not, but I have seen the fruit. I do not 

 think it has the quality of the Concord. The Concord is perfectly 

 hardy with us. 



Mr. Brackett : Have you not made more profit out of the Del- 

 aware than out of the Concord in years gone by ? 



Mr. Reel : Yes, but the gentleman asked the best variety for 

 the farmer to raise, and I said the Concord. The Delaware is the 

 most profitable — or the least unprofitable — variety that we raise. 

 (Laughter.) 



Mr. Husser : What is the most desirable red variety? 



Mr. Reel : The Delaware. 



Mr. Geo. E. Kellogg (Wis.) : Have you ever practiced girdling" 

 to hasten ripening? 



Mr. Reel : During the first years of my experience, when I was 

 young and enthusiastic, I girdled some, but the game is not worth 

 the candle. I girdle a few, but it does not amount to much. The 

 work is so great for what we get out of it that it is not worth bother- 

 ing with. 



Mr. W. J. Moyle (Wis.) : What is your experience with the 

 Moore's Early? 



Mr. Reel : The Moore's Early is the best black grape we have 

 in this country, but it is not productive enough; it is not prolific. 

 It is a little tender and in bad years root-kills. 



Mr. Moyle : How do you like the Agawam? 



Mr. Reel: That is a fine grape, and it is a good quality of 

 grape right up to Christmas, and the only reason we cannot keep 

 them is that we eat them up. (Laughter.) 



Mr. F. J. Cowles : How about the Worden ? 



Mr. Reel : It is a little bit earlier than the Concord, but it 

 appears to me to be subject to more evils than the Concord; it gets 

 wormy and falls ofif, and the berries rot very badly. So I dug up' 

 my Worden all but a few samples. 



Mr. Husser: What kind of soil have you? 



Mr. Reel : It is a clay loam. 



Mr. Husser : I have noticed where the Concord does well the 

 Worden does well and vice versa. 



Mr. Reel : I have only had experience right in that one vine- 

 yard, and mine are on heavy clay soil. 



Mr. -Husser : I would like to hear from Mr. Reel upon one 

 point. I saw at the state fair ripe Concords from Minnetonka, while 

 in southern Minnesota we had no ripe grapes whatever. 



Mr. Reel : I don't know why it should be so, but we had ripe 

 Concords during the time of the state fair. 



The President: I have noticed that myself, that when Minne- 

 tonka grapes were ripe those further south were not. 



Mr. Husser : I would like to know the reason for that. 



