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Portions of the bunch will be ripe when the rest is quite green. 

 That is an objection to the Brighton. Moore's Early is quite like 

 the Concord. It has a nutty flavor to me. I like it as well as the 

 Concord but it is a poor bearer. If it would bear like the Concord 

 it would drive almost everything else out of the market. 



A voice. For the benefit of outsiders I would like to hear some- 

 thing in regard to the Iona. 



Mr. Latham. In what respect? 



A voice. The ripening in this state, whether it is profitable? 



Mr. Latham. To raise the Iona here it is necessary to have an 

 unusually favorable place, because it is a late grape. It is the 

 latest grape we raise here. If you have a place that is very high, 

 and the soil is just adapted to the grape, and it is reasonably pro- 

 tected from the wind, it does very well. 



Mr. Peterson. I would like to know if stable manure would 

 have any effect upon grapes. 



Mr. Latham. I have never used it to any extent. 



Mr. Peterson. I only use wood ashes now. 



Mr. Latham. The soil here in the Big Woods unless it has 

 been used for a great many years does not need any fertilizing for 

 our grapes. The vineyard back of my house has been planted 

 some fifteen years and I don't see that it needs a fertilizer now, any 

 more than when I set it out. 



Mr. Wilcox. How close do you plant? 



Mr. Latham. My last vineyard I planted seven feet each way- 



Mr. Wilcox. How deep do you set vines when you set them out? 



Mr. Latham. I plant deeper than most planters with the idea 

 that the roots go down to the clay. 



KEPOBT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOKESTEY LEGIS- 

 LATION. 



The committee appointed by President Elliot made the follow- 

 ing report, which was adopted : 



Whereas, Forestry is an essential branch of horticulture, with- 

 out which no permanent progress is attainable in fruit, field and 

 garden productions, and 



Whereas, The devastations of our native forests must, as in 

 other parts of the world where this carse falls, transform our na- 

 turally rich lands into desert conditions, by drying up our springs 

 and depleting our lakes and rivers to the injury of navigation and 

 all other industries, and 



Whereas, The provisions of the timber culture act have proved 



