Reports on Grapes. 



north side of a hill, with about fifty 

 vines on a southern slope ; those on a 

 northern slope were very fine, without 

 any rot at all, while those on the south- 

 ern slope rotted some, though not very 

 extensively. Roger's Hybrids, Goethe, 

 has not fruited yet. No. 3, Massasoit, 

 set the fruit well and very full, but when 

 the berries were of the size of peas the 

 fruit and leaves all became spotted 

 and dropped off, and very nearly ruined 

 the vine. No. 4, or Wilder, is a splen- 

 did grape and very productive. No. 15, 

 Agawam, almost worthless ; it is too 

 fox}' and rots. No. l9, Merrimack, 

 fine. No. 30 also very fine, except that 

 the berries are a little smaller. Ives — 

 if this is is not more productive next 

 3'ear than it has been, I shall dig them 

 up again. lona and Israella, if I had 

 my money back that I spent on that 

 glorious Grant production, I would be 

 willing to say no more about them. I 

 would not recommend them to any- 

 body. Martha promises well, onl}- a 

 little too foxy. Maxatawney, health}- 

 and fine, though ]iot very productive so 

 far. Catawba and Diana, rotted over 

 two-thirds of the crop. Hartford Pro- 

 lific, excellent for market. I have other 

 varieties growing, but will abstain from 

 making any remarks at present on 

 them. 



I am very much interested in raising 

 new seedlings, in particular of the 

 Creveling, of which I have about two 

 hundred seedlings growing, most of 

 which I expect to fruit next summer. 

 I have also seedlings of Hartford, Con- 

 cord, Delaware, Catawba, and of a 

 German grape called the Oestereicher, 

 which I expect to all fruit next year. 

 This fall I again planted about one 

 pound of seeds of the following vari- 



eties : Cynthiana, Louisiana, Creveling, 

 Concord and Delaware. Should I suc- 

 ceed in getting anything promising, I 

 shall send you some of them for trial. 

 Yours truly, 



Henry Tiemeyer. 



Areszville, Cass Count}% Ills. 



[The Cynthiana, Norton's and Arkan- 

 sas, are very much alike in fruit and 

 foliage, but there is a great difference 

 in the v^'ine. The same is the case with 

 the Louisiana and Pailander. Ives will 

 be productive enough when the vines 

 become older. We hope 3'ou may 

 raise something good among your seed- 

 lings, and if 3'ou do we shall be glad 

 to try it. 



Your report is an interesting one, 

 and as j^ou seem to be a close ob- 

 server, we hope to hear from you again. 



ALBEMAtiLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 



While from the West I read of too 

 much rain, and, in consequence, rot in 

 the vineyards, here every farmer had 

 good reason to complain of drought, — 

 June, July, and August, — in the imme- 

 diate neighborhood of Charlotteville, 

 hardly three times a shower ! which 

 each more properly could be called a 

 sprinkling, as at no time the rain sunk 

 in well tilled soil, deeper than one inch. 

 As I planted but last fall, and charge 

 the loss of nearly the half of 5,000 

 Delawares then planted to this drought, 

 you will understand why I perhaps rel- 

 ished this weather but little. 



But if newly planted vines did suffer, 

 older ones and especially bearing 

 ones seemed to enjoy it so much more. 

 The Delaware, on rich red soil consist- 

 ing of decomposed marl, with greenish 

 blue and red marl subsoil, for the first 



