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Miles — Very early; flesh tender and pleasant. 



Minnesota Mammoth — The name is too good for it; a poor grape; discarded. 



North Carolina — Poor quality; discarded. 



Netv Haven — A seedling from Concord; early ; good quality. 



Northern Muscadine — Foxy; berries drop from the bunch when ripe; discarded 



Othello. — Arnold's No. 1; all of the Arnold's Hybrids are poor with me; dis- 

 carded. 



Pocklington. — New ; should be on3 of the best. 



Roger s Hybrid No. 5. — One of the finest, but a little too late. 



Roger's No. 33. — Berries very long ; good quality. 



Roger's No. 50.— Same as No. 33. 



Rebecca. — Poor here ; discarded. 



Rochester. — Early, sweet ; fine flavor, 



Salem, Roger's No. 53. — Poor on my place, discarded, 



Senesqua. — Too late; discarded. 



Talman or Chamj)ion. — Good for earliest ; it is earlier than Hartford. 



Teleyraph. — bunch medium ; very compact ; flesh juicy ; the best of all early 

 kinds. 



Underhiir s Seedling. — Foxy ; discarded. 



Venango, or Mvner Seedling. — Foxy ; discarded. 



Vergennes. — New, not tested ; expected to be a first class grape. 



Wilder, Roger s Hybrid No. 4. — Hardy, healthy and productive. 



Whitehall. — Early ; bunch co^ipact ; berries tender, sweet. 



Warden. — bunch large ; shouldered; berries large ; flesh sweet; good quality 



Wamington Red. — Milldews ; discarded. 



Walter. — Not successful here ; discard-d. 



All ia this list not marked discarded, I have now growing, most 

 of them experimentally, and of such there may be some that will 

 develop weak points and have to be discarded at last, I think it 

 will prove true that only those varieties that ripen earlier than the- 

 Concord will be found profitable for general cultivation in Minne- 

 sota. 



DISCUSSION ON STBAWBEBRIES. 



Mr. Cutler, of Sumter, I would like the opinion of members as 

 to several of our newer varieties. How about the Glendale? 



C. L. Smith. I like this yariety for a market berry. It is very 

 large and firm; have known 27 of them to fill a quart box; fruit 

 stems large and very large hull; hence they bear handling and 

 carriage. Will keep in good condition four or five days, after 

 being picked : then you caa turn them upside down R.nd they 

 will be as good as new. They sell well. 



