134 ANNUAL REPOllT. 



crop where some of these other grapes that are later will not do 

 anj^thiug; for instance, the Niagara grape^ which is recommended 

 by eastern men, we know nothing about it, and from what I have 

 heard I have a very poor opinion of it. Both bunch and berry I am 

 told are small, although the pictures we see of it are very fine, I 

 understand .the color recommends it. I have only tried it once or 

 twice. It may be a fine grape for the East. 



Mr, Tuttle. Mr. President, I don't see any particular use in 

 recommending the Janesville. I consider Moore's Early a better 

 grape. I have a Moore's Early vine, standing in the open air, 

 which came out better than the Concord. It is hardier than the 

 Concord, or the Janesville, and I got fully as good a crop as from 

 the Concord. It ripens its fruit more evenly than the Concord, and 

 is about twenty days earlier with me. I consider it the most j^rom- 

 ising grape to plant in any portion of the country where we have 

 short seasons, where the Concord fails to ripen; I consider it the 

 most promising grape of any that I know of. In quality and 

 hardiness I have set it down as unexcelled by any other variety. 

 Most of these new grapes that we saw advertised a few years ago at 

 $2, or $3 a vine, can be bought now for ten cents apiece. Some 

 have grown higher, showing that they have real merit in them. 

 Moore's Early is pretty well known now, and will be known still 

 more generally. I touch new grapes very lightly. I spent $500 on 

 new varieties that were very highly recommended. I would have 

 done better if I had thrown the money in the fire. Since that I 

 fight shy of them. I have full faith in the Worden and Moore's 

 Early, 



Mr. Pearce. Mr, Wilson has struck a very important point in re- 

 gard to eastern grown vines and those of the West. I am, in a 

 business way, personally acquainted with Mr. Wilson; have been 

 for a number of years, and I must say that his vines give the best 

 satisfaction of any I have ever handled. They are all grown out 

 doors, and prove more hardy and more prolific than the eastern vines. 

 I have tried the eastern vines, and got very poor satisfaction. 

 Although you may have to pay less for eastern vines, I say be very 

 careful Avhen you say they are cheap. A few cents on the vine is 

 nothing as between poor and hardy vines. Now, in regard to the 

 Niagaras, I hardly kuDw what to say. But, when I see so many 

 hundreds of acres of that vine planted and so manv hundreds of 

 men getting the amounts that they do from the vines, and the price 



