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Vice-President Drew : That was pretty well thrashed 

 out yesterday afternoon. 



Mr. WiLCQix: Number 27, "Who would advise planting- 

 grapes in Connecticut for profit, and what about currants?"" 



Vice-President Dre\\' : I will call on Prof. Gulley 

 again. 



Prof. Gulley : As to currants, I don't know. As to 

 grapes, a man who is handling fruits for local markets, espe- 

 cially if he has got peaches, it is very nice to have grapes to 

 go with them, to carry out the season, but for money in grapes 

 in this state, there isn't any money in it, and that is true. 

 Those New York fellows can put them down here much lower 

 than we can. Some of those foreigners may make a success 

 in growing grapes, but for the ordinary fruit grower, except 

 in connection with other stuff, to carry out the season, I don't 

 beli.eve in it, myself. 



Vice-President Drew : Now about currants, I believe 

 currants in Connecticut are a highly profitable proposition. 

 Most of the currants in the Boston and New York markets 

 come from along the banks of the Hudson, and I don't know 

 why we can't grow them as cheap as anybody else. The 

 market is unlimited and the market in every other state is 

 good, and currants can be grown so cheaply that an enormous 

 quantity can be grown on one acre. In fact, I met a man in 

 Rochester who took in $900 of gross receipts oft' from one 

 acre. He is very enthusiastic, he has got acres and acres 

 growing in the western end of New York and is shipping them 

 to Boston. 



Mr. Platt : I would like to know about number 3 : 

 "Is there any use of buying potash to fertilize our rocky hill 

 lands?" Mr. Hale, if he was here, could probably answer 

 that as well as anyone. What would you say, Mr. Drew? 



Mr. Drew : I should imagine if anybody was growing 

 fruit on rocky hill lands, they would find it probably advisa- 

 ble to use a certain amount of potash, at least some potash in 

 some quickly available form. 



