GRAPES. 217 



Salem, or Rogers No. 53— Fruit was totally destroyed by white mould. 



Telegraph — Black, medium berry and bunch, ripens with Concord, good 

 quality. Bunch is very crowded and grapes apt to rot in the bunch. 



Ulster Prolific — Brown, small bunch, early, poor quality, poor bearer. 



Wilder, or Rogers No. 4— Black, large berry and bunch, later than Con- 

 cord but ripens when not mildewed, very good. It is attacked by white 

 mould and peronospora, and lately has generally failed. 



Worden— Black, large berry and bunch, early, very good, an improved 

 Concord. Almost destroyed by purple spot. Since the disappearance of 

 of that not mildewed. A great bearer, sometimes drops badly, but has 

 been more profitable than Concord. 



I have had Clinton, Concord, Creveling, Delaware, Martha and Rogers 

 hybrids in considerable numbers, and for many years. The others des- 

 cribed are mostly new, and my experience is with one or two vines of 

 each, from one to two years of bearing. 



My judgment of the best varieties for this neighborhood is brown varie- 

 ties, Delaware and Brighton (where peronospora has not appeared) Aga- 

 wam, Massasoit; black varieties, Concord, Worden, Black Eagle; white 

 sorts, Eldorado, Lady. I should add Allen's hybrid, if I could depend 

 on my own trial, but that is an old sort that has not come into general 

 use. 



DISCUSSION. 



Geo. Robinson: I notice in Mr. SewaiTs paper he mentions 

 one grape, the Bacchus. I do not fully agree with him in what 

 he says about it. I would not give it room in my vineyard. I 

 planted twenty- five of them, and after two years I grafted 

 Poughkeepsie Red on the roots. Very little fruit set on the 

 vine, and the bunches were not full. As I said, I would not 

 give it room in the vineyard. I would rather plant the wild 

 grape of the forest than to have it there. I saw a description 

 of it, and thought it would be very nice, but I had just twenty- 

 five more than I wanted. 



Geo. J. Kellogg: I do not want to see the Worden abused. 

 It is a good grape; the flavor is very much better than the Con- 

 cord or Moore's Early, and it is more productive. 



J. W. Murray: The question I would ask is, if there is any 

 thing we can do to prevent the killing of buds. 



J. S. Harris: There are several reasons why the vine be- 

 comes barren down near the roots. I presume the greatest 

 cause is that they are not pruned back far enough, and they 

 are tied up too early in the spring. My method is this: In 

 every vine that stands upright the sap is inclined to go to the 

 extreme bud first, and when I uncover my vines in the spring I 

 tie the tip of the vine a little lower than the balance of the vine 



