Seedling Grape Vines. 



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heaved out and killed them. I planted 

 •one acre more of them this spring, on 

 the strength of the Longworth pre- 

 mium awards. I am not planting any 

 more Ilartfords, as I think their daj^ 

 as an early market grape is past. 



I have five acres of Concord, Avhich 

 ivill feed and make cheerful the multi- 

 tude. I want an early market grape 

 of better quality than Hartford, and 

 a late grape that keeps and ships 

 better than Concord. As a family 

 table grape the Concord is good 

 enough. 



I am planting the Norton and Cyn- 

 tliiana for wine, but could suggest 

 improvements to them. I shall give 

 Ives' seedling a fair trial and be gov- 

 erned by results. 



I have fifty pear trees bearing, that 

 are as healthy and j)roductive as apple 

 trees. I am preparing to plant 

 another orchard of two hundred trees 

 with about twenty varieties, the 

 number of each variety according to 

 its market value as proven on my own 

 bearing trees. The prospect for a 

 fruit crop of every kind, except 

 peaches, was never better. Peaches 

 are nearly a failure. 



I have shown your rcriodical to 

 every grape grower I have mot ; all 

 are pleased with it, and I hope many 



will subsci-ibe for it. 

 Truly yours, 



0. P. MORAN. 



[Thanks for your interesting com- 

 munication; we would like to give 

 all of the seedlings you describe a 

 trial. You should be careful, how- 

 ever, not to let them bear too much 

 when young. You may kill the 

 vines or fatally injure them, and the 

 fruit Avill not be as perfect and good. 

 With us, the Creveling is a fair 

 grower and hardy, and even ex- 

 cessively productive. It wants rich, 

 sandy soil, however. 



We would advise you to try the 

 Telegraph as an early market fruit. 

 It is much better than Hartford, and 

 will also ship better. For late market 

 grapes you should try Goethe (Rogers 

 No. 1) and No. 8. They bear hand- 

 some bunches and berries, keep well 

 and are very productive. Massasoit 

 (No. 3), Wilder (No. 4) and Lindley 

 (No. 9) we consider indispensable for 

 market and for wine.] — Ed. 



SEEDLING GRAPE VINES 



As this is the time to be on the look- 

 out for seedlings springing up, this com- 

 munication may be in time to induce 

 some to take up these delicate little 

 plants if they may have sprang from any 

 variety of merit; plant them carefully, 

 and tend them until they come into bear- 

 ing. Should they not prove worthy of 

 cultivation, the stocks for grafting will 



be worth the trouble of raising them. 

 And then supposing you get a new one 

 of value, such as Martlia, Creveling, 

 Maxatawny, etc., what a treasure you 

 will have ! That wc have too many vari- 

 eties already may be true; but what of 

 that? Suppose we can get better ones, 

 can Ave not then aflbrd to discard some 

 of the old ones? 



