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plot as fast as it would dry. As a last 

 resort I took clean Paris green and 

 sifted directly on the plant that was 

 being eaten. While the upper surface 

 was covered with the green they con- 

 tinued to eat away on the under surface 

 till destroyed, provided it kept dry and 

 without dew or rain. Some of the first 

 application was wet by a rain-fall and 

 the plants all destroyed. For the past 

 six years the only remedy I have found 

 is to hand-pick them early in the morn- 

 ing as soon as they appear, let the task 

 be ever so great. 



J. P. Williams. 

 Bloomfield, P. Ed. Co. 



GRAPES. 



Dear Sir, — It has been stated in 

 the Horticulturist that those subscribers 

 receiving premium plants and vines 

 are expected to report success or other- 

 wise as their experience may be, and 

 give opinions in reference to merit in 

 various locations. I send you a little 

 experience I have had with those re- 

 ceived from the Association and other 

 sources. 



I do not grow grapes largely for 

 market, but chiefly for private use as 

 table grapes (canning purposes), and 

 presents to friends. I have grown 33 

 varieties, and do gather them by the 

 bushel. As for the best varieties, the 

 Delaware has till lately, say two or 

 three yeare, held first place, but has 

 had to take a back seat. The Brighton 

 now stands pre-eminently victor. It 

 has steadily improved with age and 

 in the strength of the vine till this 

 year, as unfavorable as it has been 

 with us, they were all gathered before 

 the frost, and soon after the Champion. 

 I could pick bunches by the dozen of 

 J lb. weight, while a few turned the 

 scale at IJ lbs. I placed a number 

 of different^kinds of grapes in the fruit 

 room sepai-ately, and all other kinds 

 had but few customers while the 



Brighton remained. Visitors and all 

 parties testing it pronounced it the 

 best out-door grape they ever saw. 

 Some were kept to try their keeping 

 qualities ; they remained good till near 

 J)ecember. Some were dried some- 

 thing like raisins, in a warm room. 

 They were meaty and pleasant, while 

 the Delaware and all others tested, 

 dried away to nothing but skins and 

 seeds. The Moore's Early was laden 

 well for a small vine, and colored but a 

 little behind Champion, which was very 

 poor, some fine clusters being left on 

 till frost came, but without any im- 

 provement as to quality ; neither do I 

 think it as good as. Champion for 

 cooking. The famed Prentiss, which 

 made such a stir among grape men 

 has, I think, got too near the North 

 Pole ; except it greatly improves with 

 age, it must be discarded and put down 

 as worthless. The Worden vine I 

 received was a poor, weakly plant, 

 scarcely made a live of it the first year, 

 and making but little growth the second 

 year, has made a very fine growth the 

 past year, and will give some specimens 

 in the near future. I have set 15 

 vines of the Jessica, and was much 

 taken with the quality of its fruit and 

 early fruiting. The first vine set out 

 the first year set three bunches, the 

 only vine that ever fruited with me 

 the first year. I left only one-half of 

 the first two bunches to ripen. I fear 

 the vine is quite tender, and will want 

 careful attention in our northern cli- 

 mate ; I hope, also, this will improve 

 with age and strength of vine. Early 

 Dawn fruit very like Clinton ; quite 

 tender, and sprightly, ripened very 

 fine this year, began to ripen in part 

 with Champion ; fruit keeps well. 

 Hartford Prolific does well with me ; 

 very seldom fails to ripen, bears heavily, 

 and is a good canning variety. I had 

 this year 110 bunches on one branch 

 of a vine, which occupied 15 feet each 



