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vines, and thus injuring the roots. — 

 Ed.] 



Savanxaii, Mo., June 21, 1869. 



Messrs. Editors : "We are near the 

 40'' latitude. Will vines grown south 

 of us be as good for us to plant as 

 those grown north of us ? How far 

 south may we go for vines before we 

 will incur danger b}' removing them 

 north of their home ? 



L. L. Seiler. 



[Yines grown further south are 

 ^vithout doubt preferable for planting 

 to those grown further north. They 

 have a longer ' season and Avarmer 

 weather, and will consequently ripen 

 their wood and roots better. Yines 

 with perfectly ripened wood and roots 

 ■will of course be better able to with- 

 stand the climate, and grow freely, 

 than those with imperfectl}' ripened 

 wood and roots. This must be self- 

 evident to every thinki'ig mind. — 

 Ed.] 



Highland, III., July 8th, 18G9 



Editors Gr.a.pe Culturist : 



Dear Sirs: Inclosed a'ou "will find 

 several leaves of a Delaware grape- 

 vine, which are infested with a singu- 

 lar disease heretofore unknown to me. 

 It commences Ity a feAV warts on the 

 underside of the young leaves (as you 

 Avill see on the specimens addressed 

 to you, on which the malady has 

 attained different stages.) These 

 warts become more numerous, and 

 finally are changed into a kind of 

 oidiuni or mildew, which spi'oads and 

 destroys the leaf So far I have 

 found the disease onl}^ on the leaves, 

 and the fruit looks health}', and has 

 not been afi'eeted bv it ; even some of 



the leaves are 3-et healthy as far as I 

 can see. There is also so far but one 

 vine considerably attacked, though 

 another of the same kind standing 

 close by the former shows some 

 traces, as Avell as some of Norton's 

 Yirginias. The Labrusca kinds are 

 entirely free from it. 



I believed first these Avarts to be 

 the work of some gall-fly (as an insect 

 of this kind disfigures sometimes the 

 leaf of the Clinton, though yet never 

 with me); but, as they seem to be 

 rather the beginning of some spread- 

 ing and contagious disease caused by 

 a fungus, I must have been mistaken. 



If this disease is known to you, will 

 you be so kind to tell us something 

 about its nature in your valuable 

 paper, as Avell as indicate the remedies 

 which might be etfectual in check- 

 ing it, if it should prove really hurtful 

 and disastrous ? 



If you think it desirable, I Avill 

 report upon the further progress of 

 the disease. 



Yours very respectfull}', 



J. Balsiger. 



[The leaves 3'ou send are evidently 

 attacked b}- a gall-fly, We know of 

 no remedy, except burning them. As 

 far as Ave know, onl}- the ^Estivalis 

 and Cordifolia classes are afi'eeted by 

 it. We haA'e never seen it on the 

 Labrusca. Please report further. — 

 Ed.] 



CouxciL Blifi'S, Iowa, July II, 18G9. 



Geo. Husmann, Esq. : 



Dear Sir — I have your Avorkon Grape 

 Culture and the Manufacture of Ameri- 

 can Wines, and I value it very highly 

 indeed. And, as I have grown the 

 grapes and want to press the juice this 



