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early in the season — first, by taking up 

 the stake and hewing off the decayed 

 part occupied by them; second, by 

 cutting off the tips of young shoots on 

 which they had collected, and destro}'- 

 ing them ; and last, b}' putting wood 

 ashes around infested stakes. With 

 trellis, where the posts are generally 

 farther from the vines, a safe and sum- 

 mary way would be to scald them. Not- 

 "withstanding the numbers destroj'ed 

 among m^- vines last year, now when 

 making trellis, removing old stakes, or 

 spading up our garden, I find great 



numbers of them. They threaten be- 

 ing a formidable enemy of the grape 

 grower here the coming year. 



With many thanks for the eflfbrts 

 j'ou are making for grape growers and 

 wine makers, please accept my thanks 

 for your article ( n '' Humbugs." Keep 

 on, you are on the ''main track" — let 

 the bugs hum. Very respectfully, 

 James M. Cole. 



[Thanks for your communication. 

 It is just of the kind we want: plain, 

 matter-of-fact advice. Let us have more 

 such items. — Kditor.] 



AXNUAL MEETING OF MISSISSIPPI YALLKV GRAPE GROWERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



The meeting took place in the hand- 

 some rooms of the St. Louis Agricul- 

 tural Association, liberally tendered 

 for the occasion by its gentlemanly 

 Secretar}', Mr. Kalb. 



As the absence of the President, 

 Mr. James E. Starr, made it our duty 

 to preside the first day, wo were un- 

 able to make as full notes as we could 

 have wished. We were unable also 

 to obtain the full reports of the dif- 

 ferent wine committees, as we had to 

 leave the s-ity the day after the meet- 

 ing. We will give them in the next 

 number, in full; and as we are so 

 cx'owded with important matter for 

 this month, Avill content ourselves 

 with a short synopsis of the proceed- 

 ings, and some discussion of varieties, 

 as well as we can remember them. 



The election for the ensuing year 

 resulted as follows: Dr. L. D. Morse, 

 President; Dr. E. S. Hull, 1st Vice 

 President; Dr. J. H. Coe, 2nd Vice 



Pres'dent ; Wm. Muir, Secretary; J. 

 H. Tice, Treasurer. 



DISCUSSION OF VARIETIES. 



Goethe (Rogers' No. 1.) Was gen- 

 erallj' thought well of, for wine, table 

 and market. All concurred that it 

 was vigorous, health}-, productive and 

 hard}-, although Drs. Spalding and 

 Hull expressed doubts in regard to 

 its foliage, as the}' thought it too thin 

 to withstand our summers' heat, al- 

 though it stood the last summer re- 

 markably well ; considered the most 

 ])romising grape for white wine now 

 under trial. 



Wilder (Rogers' 4.) Dr. Hull said 

 it had a facility of ripening its fruit 

 without loaves. Several expressed 

 doubts as to its foliage being healthy 

 enough, though all concurred that it 

 was prolific, and a most excellent 

 grape in quality. Doctor Spalding 

 thought that the Merrimack (No. 19) 

 more reliable in foliaije. 



