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through it all. My soil is a sandy loam with heavy, clay subsoil. 
Had it not been for our grape crop,some of us would have fared 
pretty slim the past year. I have one vineyard lying directly on the 
south shore of Minnetonka that ripens its fruit at least one week 
earlier than any vineyard I know of. I commenced shipping Moore’s 
Early from this vineyard August eighteenth and Delaware August 
twenty-first. They were all ripe by September eighth and ready to 
put on the market. These early grapes, of course, brought a good 
price, selling at from twenty cents to forty cents per small basket. 
With what little experience I have had in the fruit business, I would 
rather take my chances in growing acrop of grapes than I would 
any other kind of fruit, and I like the work better. 
We are troubled some with what we call the grape louse. They 
are a small green-looking insect on the under side of the leaf and 
will sap the leaf so that it becomes dead in spots. To kill this louse 
I sprinkle air-slaked lime on the vines and throw it up under the 
leaves as much as possible. Wewere also troubled some with the 
leaf hopper on the leaves in the fall about the time the grapes rip- 
ened, and I would like very much to find some remedy to extermi- 
nate this hopper. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Wedge: I would like to ask Mr. Sampson what the slope 
of the ground is where this vineyard is located. 
Mr. Sampson: It is high ground; it slopes directly south to- 
wards the sun. 
Mr. Wedge: Is it a steep slope? 
Mr. Sampson: Not very, but quite high; the soil is sandy. 
Mr. Brackett: The lake is on the north side of the slope? 
Mr. Sampson: Yes, sir. 
Mr. Wedge: Do you find the Moore’s Early a favorable 
bearer? 
Mr. Sampson: I always found it a light bearer, but the last 
two years I have been experimenting, and I have got them so 
they give me a fair crop, as good as the Delaware. 
Mr. Crane: What is the nature of that louse you spoke of? 
What is it like? 
Mr. Sampson: It is a little green insect; looks like a louse. 
You will find it on the under side of the leaf. 
Mr. Crane: Do they move very much? 
Mr. Sampson: No, they do not move much; they are different 
from the hopper. 
Mr. Brackett: Is any one else troubled with this louse in your 
neighborhood? 
Mr. Sampson: Mr. Leach has them in his vineyard. Mr. 
Leach is here; perhaps he can tell you more about it than I 
can. 
