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planted in a light sandy soil, witli no manure at all. Neither year was he trou- 

 bled with mildew. 



Mr. Welles of Canandaigua said the Eumelan was remarkable for its perfect 

 ripeness and the purity of its flavor. Two clusters he had allowed to remain 

 in his office, which was heated by day only, and the berries were dried into per- 

 fect raisins. It was a very sweet grape. The only objection he saw was its 

 large and abundant seeds. 



Mr. Bronson of Geneva believed, if Allen's Hybrid bore a good crop only 

 once in four years, it paid. He would plant lona and Israella, the latter for its 

 beauty. The demand for Rogers's Hybrids was very great ; they suited the 

 masses better than a high-flavored grape like the lona. 



Mr. Underhill of Brocton, Chatauqua County, said, the lona, in several vine- 

 yards, had produced for the first time last fall, and the result had more than ex- 

 ceeded expectations. The fruit was excellent, the yield good, and the health of 

 the vine all that could be wished. Rogers's Hybrids were increasing in favor, 

 especially the Salem, which he regarded as the best. The Clinton, which had 

 been sadly neglected, was growing in favor each year, by reason of its unsur- 

 passed healthiness, enormous yield, and its value for red wine. For a dry white 

 wine, the lona was regarded as best, the Diana next, and the Delaware next. 

 The Martha he regarded with disfavor. Though vigorous and healthy, it was 

 more foxy than its parent, the Concord. 



Mr. Perry of Canandaigua said Rogers's Hybrids should be planted in alter- 

 nate rows with Hartford, Concord, or Delaware. By this arrangement, the Ro- 

 gers would fertilize better, and have solid bunches, instead of the loose bunches 

 which they often have. The Creveling should be planted in the same manner. 

 Mr. Perry's statement was corroborated by the president, Mr. Keech, and 

 others. 



Mr. Coxe of Auburn said, that, while his neighbors had suffered from the 

 blue beetle, he had escaped by turning a large number of hens and chickens 

 into his vineyard. 



The president, Mr. Pottle of Naples, said he had never known a Delaware 

 vineyard which had been summer pruned that was satisfactory in its results. 

 Mr. Byington, a neighbor of his, had a Delaware vineyard which made a most 

 remarkable growth, some canes making from eighteen to twenty-two feet in a 

 single year. They were planted upon a very stony but rich piece of bottom 

 land, and it fed the vines well, the stone insuring perfect drainage. The vines 

 were ten to twelve feet apart in the rows. The clusters and berries averaged 

 nearly or quite the size of Isabellas, and sold in the New- York market at from 

 twenty-three to thirty-two cents a pound. He took, in one instance, fifty-three 

 pounds from a single vine. These vines did not have a single leaf or tendril taken 

 from them during the season. They were pruned on the system of long canes. 

 He attributed this success, first, to the perfect underdrainage, and the amount 

 of fertilizing material in tlie soil, and, second, to the abundance of wood to 

 sustain the grapes. 



When they could find a locality (and there were such) that would with certainty 

 ripen the Isabella and Catawba, those grapes would produce as generous a re- 



