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Prof. Hansen : About the Moore's Early. We were familiar 

 with it in Iowa. They found the Moore's Early a very poor bearer 

 if it is not trimmed right. It should be trimmed with from five 

 to seven buds. In that case it is a very fair bearer, although it is 

 not as productive as the Worden. That is also the greatest objection 

 we have had to the Worden. 



Mr. Murray : How do you get your vines covered ? 



Prof. Hansen : We cover the ends of the canes. 



Prof. Washburn : Are you seriously troubled with insects ? 



Mr. Murray: Not to amount to much. 



Mr. P. H. Perry : Has any one tried the Campbell's Early ? 



Mr. Taylor : I have some on my place, but do not like it as well 

 as the Concord. 



Mr. R. A. Wright : I had only one fault to find with Mr. Mur- 

 ray's paper. I think the Concord pays better than the Delaware. 

 The Concord proves more profitable around Lake ]\Iinnetonka. 



Sec'y Latham: I do not like to talk upon many subjects, but 

 I do know a little something about grapes. The Delaware has not 

 done very well this year. I think it has been because the growers 

 have not sprayed them. I sold my last vineyard last spring, but 

 while I owned one I always sprayed, and I am confident the cause 

 of their not ripening was because they were not sprayed. At the 

 time the mildew came and became a serious thing I know I had to 

 spray my vineyards while I had control of them. There is always 

 a little mildew on the vines, but not always enough to seriously in- 

 jure them. If there is enough to take the leaves off the fruit will not 

 ripen, and the people find out that the Delawares are not good. I do 

 not think the vine growers ought to grow that kind of fruit, and they 

 can avoid it by spraying. Grape vines should be trained on the 

 trellis to the east. In my first vineyard I planted about five hundred 

 vines, and I thought it would be a nice thing to train them toward 

 the setting sun. I had some poetic notions then, and my vines 

 were trained toward the setting sun. They struggled with the ele- 

 ments for several years, but they were stubborn and I could do 

 nothing with them until I turned them toward the east. If trained 

 toward the west the wind forces the foliage back towards the east 

 and north, because the prevailing winds in summer are from the 

 west and south. This is an important feature in keeping a vineyard 

 in good shape. Mr. Murray advises planting ten feet apart. That 

 same vineyard has done wonders at fairs, and yet the rows are 

 planted only six feet apart. That vineyard has been bearing thirty 

 years. It is true it is not quite so convenient to cover. The point is 

 right here, in the summer the sun shines on one side of the row 

 in the morning and on the other side in the afternoon. 



Mr. Preston McCulley : Would you not rather have the rows 

 running north and south? 



Mr. Latham : No, sir, I would not. 



Mr. Brackett: I think there was, a suggestion made in regard 

 to the depth at which they should be planted. 



Mr. Murray : I suggested deep planting, but I suggested noth- 

 ing beyond that. 



