670 



These cions are taken clusters and 



GRAPE 

 young growth, where it makes 



/, :il,.l iIm' MiH'k r-t. CM.vrul at- 

 ::'■. ;.ll ll -,. ■,-..! « I MUd 



strong sulfate of copper solution. After the 

 use the Bordeaux mixture. 



Tn Grape houses the powdery mildew (/' 



> open, 



experiment stations, put 

 ■The Grape is amen- Agriculture at Washini 

 attacks. The most mology, and Lodeman's 



tack the leaves, particularly tin 

 ing the leaves to fall and prev- n 

 from maturing. It is the mil'- 

 worked such havoc in European \ nMy:M 

 mildew is most serious on thin-Ie.aved ami 

 leaved varieties, as the Delaware. It cai 

 lowish patches to appear on the leaves, 

 colonies on the undrr sides. Tt caus.s 



decay with H ^r.i; im.! I'mhIIn :i l.r..,', n i 



usually renjMiii, ■ i 'I m' •: , i i 



wrinkled. Tin' !■'.- r-: ■■ ' r,- i- 



very hard, dr\ :i: i .m !■ i -■:■:■ ■ 



ered with umim,'. |-;'i.,-. .1 ',' ■ . 



fOr)...lh >h n . ,: . , ,i>. ,,,.,, ;.:■: 



spray two or three tinii's, as tin- cmsl- sin-nis to require. 

 When the diseases have been very prevalent, however, 

 it is better to begin before the buds swell in the spring. 



In infested vineyards, the foliage and diseased berries 

 should be raked up and burned in the fall. 



The anthracnose or scab (Spliaveloma ampelinum) is 

 a very serious fungous disease. It is most apparent on 

 the fruit, where it makes a hard, scabby patch. Its 

 most serious work, however, occurs on the stems of the 



962. Uprieht system of Grape trainine. 



winter innuiing, ;dl the top will be cut away except two canes 

 tlir f'Piitr']-; tlH'-i' two Will bo laid down In opposite directions 

 ■ Im, Until win- t.'c tlie next season's fruiting. 



\rj\->- li.cii ii:n \ and described. Many foreign varie- 



lics li;i\c Ii.rii introduced, ^'et. in any region the num- 

 ber of useful commercial v.n ,- 1 1- ~ 1 11 Mill, Ii^ than 

 a dozen. Of the Americm < i; ■ i:.. . , . fnun 

 viniferas), the Concord i : lirty. 



Others of great promimn. < ' -. ( '.-i- 



tawba, Delaware. For tin i i i mi's 



article, below. For the I'.h i , ,' w irk- 



son's account, below. Foil- i tics 



by Ralph Bush, of the ol.l i i l;ii>li- 



berg. Mo. This firm wa-; . : i:: i^ i ! the 



civil war by Isidor and li'.il: i i i.i ■ t,. n. In 

 the early seventies the lin i , ■ .n it 



Meissner, by the entering' . : ■. I 'i i. i in. re- 

 cent death of the ehlc^r I'.M . li 'i ■ ii ' n the 

 firm in tin- l.n..|- .-( I: ' .| ; ■ this 



ith for market and ama- 

 !<.■. The inclination in 

 K.litv tlmii to ((juantitv; 



I'll! ..I'll rs. the main 



. Mm- variety to 



I tlic iilanter. 



many parts of Ohio, Indi.mi, i:,iiiii,;,x .mil Tennessee 

 the No.ih and Niagara an in - i. :-i .1^ iiiiiinl : as also the 

 Delaware, Norton Virginia :.ii.l ( i uihi:nia for wine 

 purposes. In the section south of the Oliio river, as 

 also in the western states, such kinds as Moore Early, 

 Moore Diamond, Brighton, Worden, Cottage, Niagara, 



