PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION 



should omit the Moyer, for, unless we 

 except Campbells Early, a variety this 

 year bearing for the first time with us, 

 we know of no grape of its season to 

 compete with it in flavor. It is not 

 the equal of its parent the Delaware, in 

 this respect but it comes only a few 

 points behind that excellent variety. 

 One quality of the vine is its freedom 

 from mildew, a disease which so often 

 ruins our finest Roger grapes. 



The bunches of the Moyer are about 

 the same in size as those of the Dela- 

 ware, usually shouldered, and sometimes 

 double shouldered ; it is fairly compact, 

 though much looser than Delaware. 



The berry is very irregular in size, 



varying from half an inch to three 

 quarters in diameter, which is not a good 

 point. The color is amber, or where 

 ripe, a dark wine color ; pulp is tender 

 and juicy and the flavor sweet, rich and 

 excellent. 



One great point which gives the 

 Moyer a chance for propagation is its 

 early season. A vine in our experi- 

 mental plot ripened its fruit this season 

 about the 20th of August, along with 

 the miserable Champion, which has done 

 more harm to the grape industry than a 

 dozen fine varieties can help it forward. 



We notice several other varieties col- 

 oring just after Moyer, viz., Janesville, 

 Marion, Early Victor, Pearl, and Ohio. 



Fig. 1666. — Site of the Pan-American Exposition, to be held at Buffalo in 1901 ; 

 View across North Bay of Park Lake, from near the Country Club, (from Farming. ) 



The Pan American Exposition, by 

 the colonies and republics of the Ameri- 

 can hemisphere, to be held in Buffalo, 

 N.Y., from the 1st of May, to the 1st of 

 November, 1901. At this exposition 

 Canada should be very prominent, and 



we hope that energetic measures will be 

 taken to make a most creditable exhibit. 

 It is said that the management is well 

 prepared financially to make the fair a 

 grand success, having at their disposal 

 $5,800,000. 



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