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between the Delaware and some other grape. Mr. Robertson 

 called my attention to it especially, a year ago last fall. "We had a 

 great deal of mildew about here then, and the Dela wares in his 

 vineyard were badly mildewed. This variety bears fruit very much 

 like the Delaware in shape and bunch. I think the fruit is a trifle 

 larger, and something of the same flavor. The vines were well 

 loaded with fruit, and had not a particle of mildew upon them. 

 That is a very important point. 



A member. How is the Brighton. 



Mr. Latham. It is a good bearer, and ripens early, and is hardy 

 enough; but it has that fault of ripening unevenly, and so it is not 

 desirable. 



Mr. Wilcox. How does it stand mildew? I never had any 

 mildew on mine excepting the year before last, when there was 

 mildew upon almost everything here. Have you had any experi- 

 ence in grafting grapes? 



Mr. Latham. I never grafted anything in my life. 



Mr. Brand. There is a gentleman living a few miles from here 

 who has about five thousand grape vines. He has seedling grapes 

 about twenty years old, which were grown from a lot of seeds of the 

 Northern Muscatine, Clinton and Delaware, so he doesn't know from 

 what particular vine his seedlings come. He has one that is a little 

 larger than ( the Delaware, is [a little better bearer, and pronounced 

 by a great many people to be a little better grape. He commenced 

 with eight hundred grape vines in 1862, and planted the Clinton 

 first. TV hen they came into bearing, the quality of the fruit didn't 

 appear to suit him. He then planted Delawares and has increased 

 his vines to six thousand; four thousand of which are Delawares. 

 His ground is almost one of the most unfavorable for grape grow- 

 ing that could be found. For two miles north of him, there is an 

 open exposure and he has no protection on the north, and very 

 little on the west. In conversation with a banker about him some- 

 time ago he said to me "that is the only man that has made any- 

 thing out of grapes. He is worth fifteen thousand dollars to-day 

 and has made it all out of grapes." 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GRAPE INSECTS AND 



DISEASES. 



REPORT BY MR. HARRIS. 



Mr. President, there was so little to report upon this sub- 

 ject this year, that I did not think it worth while to occupy your 



