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GEAPE TESTS. 



The following is a summary of a test of the saccharine quality of grapes 

 grown in Vine Valley, Yates County, l^ew York, made by a committee 

 of the Vine Valley Grape Growers' Association, Oechste's must scale 

 being the instrument used : 



ISABELLA. 



A. A. Smith, Vine Valley, picked October 15 80 



Green & Mosber, Vine Valley, picked October 20 ^2 



Ganundawali Grape Company, Vine Valley, picked October 25 f 4 



Nichols, Seelye «&. Co., Vine Valley, picked October 10 85 



A. Bassett, Vine Valley, picked October 23 81 



CATAWBA. 



Green & Mosher, Vine Valley, |)icked October 14 87 



A^ine Valley Grape Company, Vine Valley, picked October 7 87 



Perry Brothers, Vine Valley, picked October 20 90 



CONCORD. 



A. A. Smith, Vine Valley, picked October 1 80 



Nichols, Seelye & Co., Vine Valley, jiicked September 25 *85 



DLiXA. 



A. A. Smith, Vine Valley, picked October 23 89 



Nichols, Seelye & Co., Vine Valley, picked October 18 90 



DELAWARE. 



A. A. Smith, Vine Valley, picked October 1 105 



Perry Brothers. Vine Valley, picked October 25 105 



Nichols, Seelye & Co., Vine Valley, picked September 25 107 



lONA. 

 Perry Brothers, (tested at New York State grape fair,) October 6 97 



In each case two pounds of the fruit was used, and after being thor- 

 oughly mashed and pressed, the must was strained. In every instance, 

 the highest figure was reached by grapes grown at the highest altitude. 



LIVE STOCK EECEIPTS AT NEW YOEK. 



The receipts of live stock at New York for the year 1869 were as fol- 

 lows, compared with those for the preceding year : 



''Tested at the New York State Fair at Canandaigua, October 6. 



