1338 THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



Perhaps it would not be wise to close this paper without a 

 word of encouragement to the amateur breeder. The private 

 grower cannot hope to carry on this work to the extent and with 

 the continuity that can be secured at an experiment station. On 

 the other hand, practically every variety now under cultivation 

 has been found or produced by the lover of grapes working in a 

 small way, frequently as Rogers worked, with only a backyard at 

 his disposal for growing his seedlings. For the true grape lover 

 the pleasure of the work is its own reward, but there is always the 

 hope that a fortunate combination of parents may produce vari- 

 eties superior to those now under cultivation. Each addition to 

 our knowledge of varieties and of breeding laws brings this end 

 so much nearer. 



