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branch, are seedlings from the Cherry, you could judge of the enormous quantity 

 of the one as well as the size of the other. Though not so productive, it is very 

 large, and the quality of both are about the same as the Cherry. The other 

 sent, attached to the branch, is about the size of the Victoria, verj' productive 

 and of the best flavor of any red that I ever tasted. All of the three sent 

 are straight, strong growers. The last variety I call the Foundling, not know- 

 ing its origin. 



" Coming to describe the White, I would say it is a seedling, its origin 

 I cannot tell, but it is a beauty in every way, a fine erect, stout grower like the 

 Grape or like Fay's Prolific, the fruit stalk is a good length the bunch is longer 

 and the size of the berry more equal than the Grape. 



" ' Last but not least,' comes the African Queen — the black currant — I 

 think it is a seedling from Lee's Prolific (a misnomer, it ought to have the prefix 

 un added to it. I have been trying for the last twenty years to get bushes that 

 would pay for the land they occupied.) I have had several varieties of black 

 currants, but they were failures. I thought when I got the Saunders I was in 

 for something good but thus far I have been disappointed. It may do better 

 on a different soil. I am greatly pleased with my seedling, in fact I have never 

 seen anything like it ; of course from what I sent you you can judge of its merits. 

 It was too long on the bush to have its good flavor." 



METHODS OF PICKING AND PACKING GRAPES. 



ICK in crates, crates setting on stools. Handle crates carefully, and set 

 crates in shade if they are not immediately drawn to the storage room. 

 Drive if possible without jolting the load even if on springs. The 

 slightest jar cracks fresh picked grapes, and thousands of dollars are 

 lost in this entire grape belt every year by the carelessness of workmen in 

 handling grapes. Crates 12 inch by 24 inch outside, and 6 inch sides, sides 

 solid and even with top of ends, bottom tight, will handle best, pack up best, 

 and keep the fruit in best shape if stored for any length of time. Up to the 

 middle of October pack as fast as you pick, and get to market as quick as you 

 can. Girls will pack 200 nine pound baskets of fresh picked grapes as easily 

 as 100 baskets of wilted grapes that have stood several days. Three-fourths of 

 a cent per basket for packing fresh picked grapes is better wages than one cent 

 per basket we used to pay when grapes were allowed to stand from 24 to 48 

 hours to wilt. 



Provide a cool storage room and hustle your grapes in after the middle of 

 October, and save exposure to frost and severe storms. — Fruit Growers' Journal. 



