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I think the raspberry, both red and black, is less subject to disease 

 when grown on soil of onlj' moderate fertility than when grown on 

 .soil that has been made rich with stable manure. 



The Gladstone is worthless, and I believe the same may be said of 

 the Kenyon. 



The Shaffer has done very well, better than most of the reds. 



CURRANTS. 



The crop was good. Date of bloom : May 28th for the red and 

 June 1st for the black. The black currants produced sparingly. 

 Even the famous Crandall tree currant bore only a few specimens 

 of small to medium-sized fruit, which ripened very irregularly; the 

 bush appears hardy. The old Red Dutch is my stand-by for the 

 reds and bore well this year. Victoria did not bear as much as 

 usual. 



Of the newer varieties set the spring of '91-2, the North Star proves 

 to be a good grower and is very prolific. The Long Bunch Holland 

 made a wonderful growth and bore but little fruit, which was of 

 good size and about a week later than the other reds. Stewart's 

 Seedling proves to be a fine currant, and I think no mistake will be 

 made in planting it largel3\ White Grape is a slow grower and is 

 productive of fine grape-like bunches. A few should be set in everj"- 

 garden. 



GRAPES. 



The soil at this station is most too dark and cold for the best re- 

 sults with the grape; at least, they can and do grow finer grapes on 

 the bluffs or hills near the Des Moines river. The onlj-- disease I 

 have noticed on the grape was the anthracnose, which was confined 

 mostly to a row of Champion, although I noticed one or two vines 

 of the Delaware similarly affected. M3- best black grape this j'^ear 

 was the Worden. We only got a few clusters from our 100 Moore's 

 Early vines, which bore so well the previous 5'ear. All of my grape 

 vines were given winter protection and were in good condition for a 

 crop. The Delaware proved to be ni}^ best and most productive red 

 grape, and, I think, taken one year with another, it bears more fruit 

 than the Concord. 



The Clinton is one of the hardiest and is a pretty good grape, if 

 left on the trellis until after frost or the other grapes are gone, but 

 it will not frxiit well on very rich soil. The Janesville, Hartford, 

 Concord and Ives are all productive grapes and will succeed here. 

 The Martha does verj' poorlj'. 



My most successful and productive white grape is the Missouri 

 Reisling. In quality the fruit is rather poor, but it is so hardy and 

 vigorous and so productive of fine-looking, compact bunches tliat 

 any one who wants to be sure to grow soine white grapes should 

 plant it. It seems to be about in every respect a white Janesville 

 only it is some fifteen days later. 



The Worden was no earlier to ripen this j^ear than the Concord. 

 The Perkins is a very successful bronze grape, though the qualitj- is 

 poor. Dracut Amber is quite early, large, and promises to be valu- 

 able. 



