60 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Mr. Hollister. I am in favor of placing the Concord first. 
_ Mr. Dart. So am I, on account of the vigor of the vine and 
the size of the berry. 
The motion was amended so as to read: Recommend the Con- 
cord and Delaware for general cultivation. The motion was ; car 
ried unanimously. 
Pres. Smith. 1 would not recommend others at present, even 
for trial. 
Hartford Prolific and Janesville. 
Mr. Kenney. I have grown the Hartford Prolific, fifteen or 
twenty vines, for seven or eight years. It has done well, the only 
fault is that the fruit falls from the vine. 
Pres. Smith. Itis not so good in quality as the Concord, the 
bunch is loose, and dropping from the stem injures them; but 
they sold higher, by two or three cents, than the Concord, in the 
Boston market last year. 
Mr. Grimes. Some prefer the Hartford Prolific and some the 
Concord, and some the Concord to the Delaware, and some like the 
Northern Muscadine above all others. Tastes differ. I move to 
recommend the Hartford Prolific for planting in limited quantites. 
Mr. Dart. I move an amendment so as to include the Janes- 
ville for its earliness. 
Mr. Brand. It is not best to recommend any that kills like the 
Janesville. 
Mr. Dart. Its earliness and hardiness are, so far as we know 
them, sufficient to recommend it; and I believe it is found as 
profitable as the others. 
Mr. Kenney. In the hard winter of 1872-3 I lost no Hartford 
Prolific or Northern Muscadine. 
Motion carried unanimously. 
Mr. Hollister. I move that the Janesville be recommended for 
trial for its earliness. 
Motion carried ; four for and one against. 
It was then moved and carried, that this conclude the grape 
list. 
Mildew. 
Mr. Hollister. Are grapes very liable to mildew in Minnesota? 
Pres. Smith. Not very ; but where too much wood is allowed 
to grow and the vines become matted on the trellises, during long 
