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too foxy for agreeable use. It belongs to the Concord variety. 
I think when we see a number of varieties exhibited at our 
state fair in the horticultural department, thirty, forty to fifty 
varieties, it seems to me queer that we come here and talk 
about the five best varieties. The fact of the matter is, in my 
opinion, there are not over five varieties that are fit to be culti- 
vateed for the market, and those that are cultivated frequently 
are not fit for market or family use. I think we can reduce 
the number of varieties that are really desirable to three va- 
rieties instead of five: the Delaware, Brighton and Concord or 
Worden. I think the Worden is equal to the Concord, and I 
think it would be preferable. I think those three varieties 
would be all I would recommend the general public to cultivate. 
Mr. Dartt: Did any one ever cultivate the Janesville? 
Dr. Frisselle: Yes, sir; you can generally sell the Janes- 
ville once to people, but that is all. 
Mr. Harris: I think those three varieties are all that I would 
recommend. The Janesville is a handsome grape and turns 
black early, and the people who buy it try to eat it and think 
they have eaten grapes, but they are sour grapes. 
The President: -I just want to say a word about the Janes- | 
ville. I took several farmers through our vineyard several 
years ago, where we had all kinds of grapes, fifteen to twenty 
kinds, and six or eight of the best kinds, such as the Delaware, 
Brighton, Concord, Moore’s Harly, Worden and so on, but I 
did not say anything about the Janesville; I.did not show them 
the Janesville at all, because I thought they would not like 
them, and I was going to give them the best I had. But they 
finally saw the Janesville and asked, ‘‘What grape is that?” IL 
told them that was the Janesville; they ate some of them, and 
they thought it was the only good grape they had tasted. 
(Laughter. ) . 
Mr. Harris: I was going to suggest that for the farmer the 
Early Victor was a better grape than the Janesville. It is a 
pretty good eating grape. 
Mr. Leach: My paper does not treat of the best grapes for 
eating, but for market purposes. What we want is the grape 
that brings the biggest price in the market. There is no ques- 
tion but what the Delaware will bring a higher price than any 
other, and so the Delaware is really the best grape for market, 
and I might say the only grape that is worth cultivating here 
for the market. 
