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to the reports of Mr. Russell, formerly of Nashville, Tennessee, 

 Mr. Starcher, State Entomologist of Alabama, and Mr. Morrell, 

 Agriculturist for the Southern Railroad Company, several small 

 plantings of. an unidentified grape of the Concord type, known 

 locally as the Indiana grape because of having been brought 

 from that state. It is thriving and yielding good crops regularly 

 without any special care in a region where it is considered im- 

 possible to grow such grapes. 



These facts, together with many similar ones that could be 

 given, show the importance of experimental vineyards in many 

 places in the South. This is especially important because in the 

 past very little such work has been done, in any of the southern 

 states and, as a consequence, no. one knows with any degree of 

 certainty whether any given variety of grape may be set with 

 a reasonable expectation of giving profitable returns. From the 

 fact that it is expensive to set a vineyard and care for it for three 

 or four years until it comes to bearing, few people are willing to 

 take the chance unless they are reasonably sure of results. 



The various state experiment stations would render a great 

 service to the public were they to plant more or less complete 

 trial vineyards and report the results to the public. When this 

 is done, one or more varieties of grapes now in cultivation are 

 likely to be found suitable to most districts in the South, and 

 can be grown profitably. 



