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Often, as the grapes ripen, a flock of birds hover about 

 the grapes, picking into the sweeter and more tender grapes, 

 causing a good deal of injury. 



Professor Maynard of Amherst in 1897 gave the follow- 

 ing rating to the varieties, 10 being the standard. 



Agawam 

 Brighton 

 Campbell's 



Early " 

 Concord 

 Delaware 

 Diamond 

 Herbert 

 Moore's 



Early 

 Niagara 

 Salem 

 Wilder 

 Winchell or 

 Green 

 Mountain 

 Worden 



Red 

 Red 

 Purple 



Purple 



Red 

 White 

 Purple 



Purple 



White 



Red 



Purple 



Aug. 12 

 Aug. 10 

 Aug. 22 



" 22 

 " 16 



" 17 



31 



20 



Sept. 14 

 " 16 



10 



4 



12 



14 



18 

 12 



7 

 10 



10 

 9 

 8 



10 



9 

 10 



10 



10 

 9 

 9 

 9 



10 



7 

 10 



10 



10 



10 



9 



9 

 10 



9 

 9 

 4 



4 



7 



6 



10 



9 

 10 



26 



Aug 25 

 Sept. 7 



10 

 10 



I remember hearing Mr, E. W. Wood at Horticultural 

 Hall, Boston, twelve or fifteen years ago, speaking of varie- 

 ties of apples. He told of a man who went to a Boston 

 commission man, and told him he was going to set out 600 

 apple trees, and asked the varieties he would recommend. 

 He was told to set out 300 baldwins — asked what more to set 

 out and was told another 100 baldwins — asked what more to 

 set out and was told another 100 baldwins. Asked what 

 kinds he would set out for the rest, said, "well set out another 



