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They ripen about with Moore's Early, Aug. 25th with us. Its bunch 

 is large, black, with a beautiful bloom ; flavor rich, without foxiness ; 

 flesh a little meaty, sweet to the center, with small seed, parting free- 

 ly from the pulp ; skin thin but tenacious ; hanging to the vine without 

 dropping its berries and remaining in sound condition until severe 

 frost strips it of its foliage. It is really an improved Concord. 



Dracut Amber is one of our early grapes to ripen. Vine vig- 

 orous, healthy and hardy ; very early and productive ; bunch large 

 and long, compact, often shouldered ; berries large, round ; skin 

 thick, of pale red color ; pulpy and a little foxy. Is a very nice 

 table grape. 



Woodruff's Red. The vine is vigorous, short jointed, healthy 

 and very productive ; of iron-clad constitution. Its foliage is very 

 healthy. Bunch and berries are very large and attractive ; in color 

 similar to Salem. It ripens early and is a good long keeper, and 

 does not crack nor drop from the stem. 



Wilder. This is one of the best and most popular of the black 

 varieties for the market. Bunch large, often shouldered, sometimes 

 weighing a pound ; berry globular ; color dark purple, nearly black, 

 slight bloom ; resembling black Hamberg. For general cultivation 

 in Minnesota, I would recommend planting Campbell's Early, 

 IMoore's Early, Worden, Delaware, Massachusetts, Janesville, Con- 

 cord, Lady, and the lona in favorable locations. The young vines 

 should be covered with dirt and also a mulching of coarse litter over 

 the roots for the first three years. The first year I let them run 

 on the ground, the second year train them up a pole six feet high, and 

 the third year train them on a wire trellis. Grapes should be set in 

 rows eight feet apart and eight feet in the row. 



EXCELSIOR TRIAL STATION. 



H. M LVMAN, SUPT. 



Owing to the very dry season, young trees made but slow 

 growth till the latter part of the season, when an abundance of rain 

 fell, causing them to start a vigorous growth which continued up 

 to the middle of November last ; therefore, they have gone into win- 

 ter quarters in a very poor condition to withstand an extreme de- 

 gree of cold. Though, if we have a winter as mild as last winter 

 was, there will probably be no winter-killing of the tops ; and if the 

 present snow remains none in the roots. There was no snow 

 here last winter, therefore young trees (and some older ones) were 

 injured, and many in the nursery were killed by the deep freezing 



