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the Concord 6 and the Delaware (the highest) 

 lo. In season it is about a week in advance 

 of the Concord. 



In order to have the opinion of others, as 

 well as our own, both for and against this 

 grape we add the following :- 

 / "Vine vigorous and quite productive- 

 Valuable for home use, and grown to quite 

 an extent for market in some grape sec- 

 tions." Mich. Bull. 187. 



'* The best out door white grape we have" 

 Judge Miller, Ohio. 



" The most attractive and earliest white 

 grape cultivated South," P. J. Berckmans, 

 Augusta, Florida. 



" Unproductive in my vineyard," G. W. 

 Campbell, Ohio. 



" Earlier than Niagara, and on that ac- 

 count brings a higher price, but it does not 

 produce half the quantity," M. Pettit, Win- 

 ona, Ont. 



*' It has a large white grape not quite as 

 large as the Niagara, heavily shouldered or 

 sometimes double shouldered. The flavor is 

 juicy, sweet and of good quality. It ripens 



one week ahead of the Niagara. The wood 

 is strong and vigorous and has a good tough 

 foliage. I consider the Niagara and Moore's 

 Diamond the only two profitable whitegrapes 

 to grow for commercial purposes. The only 

 drawback is that it does not throw out 

 enough tendril to hold it to the wires. "'^ 



F. G. Stewart, Homer, Ont. 



" I have fruited the Diamond for the past 

 five years. I find its season about with 

 Worden. It is a heavy cropper, the bunch 

 is fine and shouldered ; the vine vigorous 

 and the foliage healthy. I consider it very 

 valuable." Geo. X. Walker, St. Catharines. 



"I think there are two strains of this 

 grape, one almost worthless and the other 

 one is the very best of grapes." W. H. 

 Bunting, St Catharines, Ont. 



"I have fruited the Diamond here and it 

 does remarkably well. The vines are very 

 healthy and vigorous. It bears very well 

 and ripens a little earlier than other white 

 grapes. I consider it a very good variety."" 



G. C. Caston, Craighurst, Ont. 



NOTES ON CURRANTS. 



BY A. W. PEART, FREEMAN, ONT. 



jURRANTS do not like a light sandy 

 soil nor a heavy clay ; a rich, 

 porous, damp but not wet one, 

 seems to suit them. Until last 

 year the margin of profit in growing them 

 was narrow, so much so that many planta- 

 tions were pulled up. The re-action appears, 

 however, to have set in, and we may look for 

 higher prices during the next few years. 



In the red varieties the Wilder, a new one, 

 the Cherry, Red Victoria and the North Star 

 take the lead here ; in white, the White 

 Grape and White Imperial ; and in black the 



Collin's Prolific, Saunders and Naples stand 

 first in the order mentioned. Both the 

 North Star and Collin's Prolific are late var- 

 ieties. Black Currants are desirable, inas- 

 much as they are practically immune from 

 all troubles, while the red and white varieties 

 are easy victims to the currant worm unless 

 promptly destroyed with Paris green, of 

 which one pound to 250 gallons of water will 

 suffice. This fruit is a voracious feeder, but 

 quickly responds to careful cultivation and 

 liberal manuring. 



