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S. What are the most desirable grapes adapted to this cli- 

 matefor long keeping ? 



H. N. Langwouthy said none of the early grapes 

 are good for long keeping. The late kinds, such as 

 the Isabella and Diana, are best for this purpose. 

 The early kinds were exceedingly valuable, but we 

 ought not to abandon the cultivation of the old 

 kinds entirely. 



Mr. PiNNET had a neighbor who kept in perfec- 

 tion his Catawba grapes until March. He cuts off 

 the branch with five or six bunches on it, and 

 hangs it up in his cellar. Tiiis is the whole process. 



Mr. Olmsted had kept Dianas until April, and 

 Eebeccas until January. He keeps them in boxes 

 holding about a bushel. He opens a newspaper 

 and lays it on the bottom of the box, and places a 

 layer of grapes on it; then turns down the sides 

 of the paper over the grapes; then puts in another 

 paper in the same way, and another layer of 

 grapes, and so on until the box is full. He thought 

 grapes could be kept as easily as apples. He puts 

 the boxes in a cool room — the cooler the better — 

 so that it does not freeze. 



JosiAH Salter said the Diana and Rebecca were 



the best keeping sorts we had. 



4. What are the best varieties of grapes for commercial 

 purposes [wine excepted) ? 



H. N. Langwortht — The late kinds that are 

 good keepers are most profitable because they can 

 be sent to a greater distance. 



Mr. PiNNEY would name the Union Village, the 

 Delaware and Rebecca. 



Mr. Olmsted preferred the Delaware to any 

 other grape. The vine is hardy, and does not need 

 covering in winter. It needs very little summer 

 pruning. When the excellent quality of the fruit 

 was known, there would be no trouble in selling it 

 at good prices. Is so well satisfied on this point 

 that he has set out ten acres/ 



H. N. Langworthy wished to ask Mr. Olmsted 

 if he thought the Hartford Prolific a good grape 

 for commercial purposes ? 



Mr. Olmsted — "No. It is not good enough. 

 The public will want better grapes than Hartford 

 Prolific, Concord and others of that kind." 



Joseph Frost thought there was no grape equal 

 to the Delaware. Although the bunches are small, 

 there is no variety that produces a heavier crop of 

 fruit. Diana rots badly with him this year. 



Mr. PiNNET said the Diana also rotted badly 

 with him, and never ripens. 



Mr. Fish thought the Diana was good even when 

 notquite ripe; and it is an excellent grape for late 

 keeping. 



5. To what extent can the growing of grapes he extended 

 profitably in this locality for commercial pur2ioses ? 



Mr. Fish thought that for the next fifteen years 

 there is no danger of overstocking the market. 

 The more good grapes we raise, tlie more we could 

 sell. 



H. E. Hooker thought the Delaware might be 

 cultivated to any extent ; but he would not spend 

 much time or money in planting other sorts. He 

 has a number of other varieties, but no one is will- 

 ing to eat Concord, or any other kind, as long as 

 they can get Delawares. In Cincinnati he had 

 been informed that the Delaware is superseding 

 tlie Catawba. 



H. N. Langworthy thought the idea that 

 Delaware was going to supersede all other kinds 

 was preposterous.- He thought the Delaware 

 could be cultivated to a great extent, but we want 

 other kind:? as well. 



Dr. Beadle, of Canada, said he was recently 

 talking to J. D. Shdlar, of Lockport, "the great 

 Strawberry King," and he had been thinking of 

 going extensively into grape growing, but after 

 investigating the matter had come to the conclu- 

 sion that, unless we had a variety that would make 

 good wine when the market was overstocked, it 

 was not a safe business. 



President Ainsworth remarked that Mr. Shulab 

 was a man of sound judgment, and his opinion was 

 entitled to respect. 



James Vice was tired of hearing this kind of 

 talk. For years we had been told that the busi- 

 ne.?s of raising fruit would be overdone, but the 

 demand increased faster than the supply. 



Dr. Beadle said it was a question of cost of 

 production and the price at which they could be 

 sold. He thought the market for Isabella grapes 

 was overdone. 



Mr. ViOK said that if people raised poor fruit 

 they must expect poor prices; but good fruit 

 would always be in demand at remunerative prices. 

 You can not raise too much good fruit. 



Mr. Crane thought that in some seasons there 

 might be an excess, and that we should grow a 

 grape that in such cases could be made into wine. 



6. Are there arty soils in Western New York adapted to 

 tht cultivation of the cranberry? If so, what kinds and 

 what variety of cranberries, atid how cultivated.? 



D. L. Halsey, of Cayuga county, said he had 



grown the cranberry for the last twelve years. 



There are three or four varieties that grow well on 



upland, sandy soil. There are few farms where 



there is not a small plot of sandy soil that is well 



iida|)ted to grow cranberries. Picking costs about 



two cents per quart, and he sells the fruit at $4.00 



