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better results, because in that way you can put in some other 

 kind in their place. I put out two hundred Moore's Early 

 vines and have waited several years, long and patiently, and 

 am waiting still for the crop (laughter). I have hardly had a 

 specimen from the vines, and I am very tired of them. 



Mr. Sampson; I would ask Dr. Prissellewhat variety he has 

 planted near there. 



Dr. Frisselle: I had some varieties of the Delawares planted 

 near there and others. I am sorry to say that I cannot from 

 my own experience recommend the Moore's Early. 



Secretary Latham: I just want to say a word or two about 

 the Moore's Early, and I am glad that President Underwood 

 brought the matter up. I have had some experience with the 

 Moore's Early in several places, and my success is a good deal 

 like Dr. Prisselle's failure, except with the vines that I planted 

 at my house. As much as fifteen years ago, I planted those 

 Moore's Early vines there, and they have never failed to bear 

 a good crop. They have borne what I call a satisfactory crop. 

 They did so well that I planted a few dozen at the place which 

 Mrs. Irwin afterwards became the owner of, but they never did 

 anything. I planted five or six hundred in a later vineyard 

 that I am now cultivating, and I planted this last lot before I 

 had satisfied, myself that they would not bear. When I found 

 that the others were not bearing and that those at my residence 

 were bearing continually, then I began to look for the cause. 

 The home vineyard is on a northeast slope — and, without dis- 

 cussing the question of slope here, I want to say that the grapes 

 I have raised in that vineyard are the grapes that have taken 

 all the big prizes at the fairs. I do not know how much influence 

 the slope may have on the bearing of Moore's Early, but I have 

 ascribed their bearing qualities to the fact that they lie alongside 

 of the Lady grape vine. It is a vine of the same nativity, being a 

 seedling of the Concord, and blossoming at the same time, and 

 bearing a very earlj' fruit. I think it is fair to presume that the 

 Lady supplies the fertilizing power that the Moore's Early 

 lacks. I had so much faith in this that I went out in my large 

 vineyard amongst the Moore's Early, and digging up every 

 fourth vine, planted a Lady in its place. That was done three 

 years ago, and they began to bear a little this spring. Next 

 year, I may be able to tell you more about it. 



Mr. Morris: Can you get your arms well branched on the 

 Moore's Early? 



