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applications of the Bordeaux mixture were made. Tliis treatment 

 resulted in a much better growth and in very much less of the anthrac- 

 nose on the plants sprayed than upon those unsprayed. 



Potatoes. Two fields of potatoes, One of one-half acre and the 

 other of one and one-half acres, were treated with Paris green to 

 destroy the potato beetle, combined with the Bordeaux mixture, one 

 pound to 200 gallons, to destroy the potato blight and rot fungus. 

 Three applications weie made and the results were that the beetles 

 were killed and the potato vines where sprayed remained green much 

 longer than those unsprayed. There was very little rot among the 

 tubers of either. With the barrel pump, in a one-horse dump-cart, 

 ten to twelve rows were f^prayed at once and the work more cheaply 

 and effectually done than it could have been in any other way. 



VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 



Of the 120 varieties of grapes grown in the experimental vineyard, 

 105 fruited the past season. Many of these are old kinds grown for 

 comparison with the newer sorts. 



Notwithstanding the host of new varieties sent out from all parts 

 of the country, very few are found superior or even equal to the old 

 standard sorts for general purposes. For New England we would 

 name as the best for general planting the Concord, Worden, Moore's 

 Early, Delawaie, Brighton and the Lady. 



Of those that are promising and that, after one or two years of 

 continued gooil behavior, we can safely recommend for general 

 cultivation are the Berckmaa, Lindley. Massasoit, Rochester, 

 Salem, Wilder and Winchell (Green mountain). Many other new 

 varieties are promising, but have not yet been fully tested in our 

 vineyards. 



We give a brief description of a few varieties that are not gener- 

 ally known, but that possess some desirable qualities. 



Berckman. A small red grape resembling the Delaware in size of 

 berry and bunch, but a little darker in color, and with the tough, 

 dark green, mildew resisting foliage like the Clinton and the frost or 

 pigeon grape. Not as sweet as the Delaware, but of a more winy 

 flavor and ripens at the i-ame time. 



Brighton. A fine red grape of good size of berry and bunch and 

 of fine quality. When planted by itself the blossoms sometimes fail 

 to become fertilized, but if grown among other varieties it will set 

 all the fruit it can mature. It ripens with the Concord. 



