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to the purposes of the amateur for it will repay 

 the extra care that it requires. 



Rickets originated many fine hybrid grapes, 

 but none of them is well adapted to commercial 

 growing. His seedlings totaled several thou- 

 sand. Out of this number there are several 

 that are fine in quality and well adapted to the 

 small grower who will give them winter pro- 

 tection and a little extra care in the spraying 

 season. 



Lady Washington 



Another of Rickets' fine seedlings is the 

 Lady Washington, a very beautiful white grape 

 characterized by large size in both bunch and 

 berry. It is capricious as to soil and in some 

 situations fails entirely. In other places it is 

 distinctly a "show" grape and should be tested 

 by all growers who are interested in producing 

 fine fruit for home use. 



Moore Early 



The Moore Early is very similar to Concord 

 in every way except that it ripens about a week 

 to ten days earlier. It is not adapted to such 

 a diversity of soils as the Concord, but where 

 it succeeds it makes a very good market grape. 

 We have but few vines of the variety and 

 except in the difference in season I can see 

 little to distinguish the two sorts. Some 



