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the Golden Chasselas. Delaware, found in a Mr. Provost's garden in New 

 Jersey, clearly a hybrid between some Labrusca and either //. Bourquiniana, 

 of the Herbemont type, or some Vinifera variety (Botanical markings are 

 nnich more like Bourquiniana than Vinifera) ; or, speaking specifically, by pro- 

 portion of parts, Wapanuka consists of the best strains of three or four 

 species, namely: Labrusca, 8 or 9-16; Vulpina, i or 2-16; V^inifera, 

 4-16; Bourquiniana, 2-16; It is slightly subject to mildew — less than 

 Delaware — which it inherits from the Delaware and the Vini- 

 fera, through the Lindley and Triumph. It has the delicate 

 skin of Vulpina and Vinifera, thus proving that weakness survives in 

 a variety through many generations ; hence, the great importance of starting 

 with varieties devoid of weakness, as well as with those possessing as many 

 large merits as possible. While the Wapanuka has some weaknesses, it has 

 the most delicate flavors and texture, making it exceedingly palatable, even 

 surpassing the best Viniferas, although much more than one-half wild Ameri- 

 can blood, and the vine endures the climate well, both in Texas and Ohio, 

 without protection. 



I am quite sure that selection and hybridization conducted on the plans 

 I have outlined, will make the best stable progress in producing all manner 

 of varieties desirable for the table, the market and for wine, for every region 

 where any two or more species of grapes will grow, and that has proven 

 to be more or less of the surface of every country of any considerable size, 

 lying between north and south latitude of fifty degrees. 



The Chair: I am quite sure we all "feel indebted to Mr. Munson for his ijaper. It 

 comes from one who has followed the work in this line for a long time, and the results 

 of his labors are well known. 



