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yellow blotches simply from neglect or from lack of culti- 

 vation, and not be seriously diseased. That is not what we 

 call " the yellows." But when a tree throws out those wiry 

 shoots, even if its foliage be a deep green, then we know 

 that we have something to contend with. The first indica- 

 tion of the yellows we notice is that every small branch 

 will have a few peaches that ripen prematurely, and instead 

 of the color being shaded very evenly, we find it in spots, 

 flecked, instead of being nicely shaded over. When trees 

 have that disease we have not been able, — to any great ex- 

 tent, at least, — to cure them, and we have had to resort to 

 pulling out. I would be very glad to believe that there is 

 a specific, an absolute cure, for the yellows, but I certainly 

 am skeptical about it. 



In regard to the grape, we have an experimental vineyard 

 which we have watched with a great deal of interest for 

 quite a number of years, and as Professor Maynard, if I 

 recollect right, did not say a great deal about varieties, with 

 your permission I will say just a word in regard to them. 

 Of course, the Concord is the standard for the grape as the 

 Baldwin is for the apple, and among the newer varieties the 

 Worden has given us very great satisfaction. I do not 

 think it is quite as good a shipping grape as the Concord, 

 but I think it is better for home use. The berries are 

 larger, it is a little earlier, and for the million, for the little 

 homesteads all over the country I think the Worden grape 

 is one that should never be overlooked. Among the red 

 varieties we find the Brighton, a most excellent grape. It 

 is, perhaps, taking it all in all, as good a red grape as we 

 have ; at least, we think so. We have great hopes of the 

 Ulster, a new grape, which we hope will make itself known. 

 The worst thino; which we find about it is that it seems to 

 lack vitality. That may be from its propagation, as these 

 new vines are often propagated from weak buds. 



The Lindley (Rogers' No. 9), if it could escape mildew 

 (we sufiered badly from it this year), is a grape that we 

 esteem very highly indeed. The Hurlburt (Rogers' No. 44) 

 gives us very great satisfaction, and it is less subject to 

 mildew than the Lindley. I consider it a very excellent 

 grape and one that should be more widely known. The 



