52 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Bass: Those weeds should have a tendency to stop the 

 leaves and snow. [Laughter.] 



QUESTION 



' 'What varieties of grapes need to be planted together to 

 produce the best results?" 



Pres. J. M. Underwood: I suppose that question was asked 

 in order to bring out the matter of proper fertilization of 

 blossoms. I do not think much attention has been given to 

 the proper fertilization of grapes, unless it has been at experi- 

 ment stations. The only thing I have seen in regard to it was 

 brought out in the report of the experiment stations at Geneva, 

 N. Y. , last year. I cannot mention the different varieties of 

 grapes now, but I know the report referred to the Moores 

 Early not having a perfect blossom, and that it needed some 

 other fertilizing variety to insure a crop. Among a number of 

 our best varieties the Delaware, I recollect, was one that is per- 

 fect in blossom, but I do not remember what the different var- 

 ieties are now. This is published in the bulletins of the ex- 

 periment station at Geneva, and is the best way to get informa- 

 tion on that subject I know of. 



QUESTION. 



"What length of cuttings makes the best vines, and when and 

 how should they be planted?" 



Mr. E. H. S. Dartt: Make the cuttings about a foot long, 

 cut them in the fall and plant them in the spring, and put them 

 under ground to within an inch of the top. 



Prof. Green: What kind of soil? 



Mr. Dartt: That has nothing to do with the question. 

 (Laughter. ) 



Mr. J. S. Harris: I set the cuttings two in a place where I 

 want the vine to grow, so that the bottom of the cutting will 

 not be more than eight inches below the surface, and the top 

 bud not more than a half-inch below. I set them with the tops 

 together, and if both live I can take up one of them without 

 disturbing the other. If I have plenty of wood I make only 

 one cutting. We take that wood and also some of the old wood 

 it grew from, and leave a little piece of the two-year-old wood 

 on that piece, and it is not unusual to get a growth of several 

 feet from such cuttings. 



Dr. M. M. Prisselle: Would you cut the lower part of the 

 cutting off square or oblique? 



