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Vergennes. One of the best keeping grapes. Bunch mediura, 

 partly shouldered. Berry large, round, skin rather thick, tough. 

 It retains its excellent flavor exceptionally well. Specimens have 

 kept a year in an ordinary cold storage. Subject to mildew and rot. 



Excelsior, Highland, Mills, Secretary, Goethe, Jefferson, Catawba^ 

 Niagara, Triumph a.ndPocklington are all excellent varieties, but are 

 too late to ripen here in ordinary seasons. 



Champion, Tanesville, Hartford Prolific, Telegraph and Early Victor 

 are very early black grapes of poor quality and of little value in New 

 England. 



Among the varieties of more recent introduction that are not 

 given in the tables. Brilliant, Early Ohio, G. W. Campbell, Hermann 

 Jaeger and Staymans No. 44, may be mentioned as most promising, 



EXPERIMENTS WITH BLACK-CAP RASPBEKlilES. 



Number of Varieties Tested, 20. 

 The crop of Black Caps was exceptionally good. It ripened about 

 the same time as last year. 



VARIETY. 



Ada, 



Br;icUett's Seedliiiji 



Carman, . 



Cluster, 



Corinth, . 



Crawfor(1, . 



Cromwell, 



Ear heart, . 



Hilborn, 



Kansa.s, 



Lovett, 



Nemelia, 



Ohio, 



Older, 



Palmer, . 



Progress, 



Smith's Prolific, 



Sfinheiran, 



Spriniifleld, 



Columbian,* 



June 3 



" 1 



May 30 



" 29 



June 2 



May 30 



" 29 



" 27 



.Time 1 



May 29 



'• 28 



" 30 



" 31 



.Inne 

 May 



*Thi3 is probably a hybrid between the red and blackcap raspberi-y. It closely 

 resembles the Shaffer but is more firm but not of as good quality. 



