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that when it is better known in our markets it will be highly appre- 
8 ciated. Itripens at about the same time as the Delaware. 
My fourth choice is the Concord,a fine grape of very thrifty 
growth, and it has always been perfectly healthy for me. It re- 
quires somewhat different pruning from the Delaware to secure the 
best results. 
Many people are fond of the Concord asa fine eating grape, and it 
is used very much for jelly and canning. Concord grapes have 
been sent from New York and other places in such quantities that 
the price has been very low for several years, hardly paying the cost 
of raising them. 
My fifth choice is the Janesville. It is a sour and, in my opinion, 
an almost worthless grape, except for canning and jelly, butit has 
the redeeming quality of being very hardy and early and can be 
sold to some advantage before most other black grapes ripen. 
If I was going to put out a vineyard at present, I should plant at 
least ninety per cent Delawares, and I don’t think I would lose any- 
thing if I should plant the other ten per cent to Delawares, also. 
Nevertheless, for varieties sake, I think I would plant a few Moore’s 
Early and Brighton, and several other kinds for my own use. 
Mr. Harris: I would like to inquire if the gentleman has 
ever tried the Wcrden grape. 
Mr. Leach: I have never raised any Worden grapes, but I 
have eaten them. They are a fine grape, but they are too apt 
to mildew to raise for a market grape. Ido not think there is 
any grape that is paying much at present except the Delaware. 
Blue grapes seem to be all in one lot; you take the Moore’s 
Early, the Worden and the Concord to market, and they make 
no difference, they are all the same price. They bring from 
ten to fifteen cents a large basket, while Delawares netted me 
this year about eighteen cents a small basket. The Delaware 
with me will bear as many grapes as any kind of a vine I ever 
had. 
Mr. Harris: In our La Crosse market I make more money 
out of the Worden than out of any other grape I have. The 
' Delaware is not popular there. I find the Worden is a little 
larger than the Concord, and we get from one to two cents 
more than for the Concord. 
‘Dr. M, M. Frisselle: J am inclined to agree with Mr. Leach 
that the large proportion of vines cultivated for profit in this 
region should be the Delaware. I have planted some of the 
Brighton, I have quite a number of those vines, and I am in- 
clined to believe that the Brighton is the coming grape. It 
‘ripens early, its clusters are large and the vine is very prolific 
in fruit. The objection to the Moore’s Early is that it is 
a very slow grower, a shy bearer, and the fruit itself is 
