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Black. — Marion, Montefiore, Wilder, Bacchus, Eumelan, 

 Norwood, Early Victor. 



White. — Elvira, Bell. Diamond, Rommel, Green Mountain. 



Red. — Brilliant, Delaware. 



The above are table somewhat, but more especially wine 

 grapes. The Eumelan makes such a blend for champagne pur- 

 poses that over $100 per ton is paid. There has been great 

 trouble with some of the above vines. They did not bear 

 well, having reflex stamens, and in this way being imperfectly 

 fertilized. 



Some people ask, "What is the utility of our State Experi- 

 ment Stations throughout the land ? " They work and do 

 good work, practical work for the farmer and fruit-grower. 



In one of the bulletins for 1900 of the New York State 

 Experiment Station at Geneva, we have the remedy for this 

 imperfect fertilization which has shortened so many crops of 

 the delicious Brighton, Wyoming, Eumelan, Montefiore, Nor- 

 wood, Wilder, Woodruff and Marion. 



After several years of study, the Geneva station has been 

 able to prepare a regular table or list of strongly self -fertile 

 and imperfectly self-fertile vines, which 1 copy here, so as to 

 enable our brother fruit-growers intending planting the above 

 to know what varieties to plant to assure a regular yearly crop. 

 The blooming seasons are divided into three classes; viz., Very 

 Early, Medium Early and Midseason. 



BLOOMING TIME 



Strongly Self-fertile Imperfectly Self-fertile 



Very Early. — Clinton. Very Early. — Marion. 



Medium Early. — Bell, Elvira. Medium Early. — Woodruff, 



Noah. 

 Midseason. — Green Mountain, Midseason. — Brighton, Monte- 



Diamond, Rommel, Niagara, Dela- fiore, Eumelan, Wyoming, Norwood, 

 ware. Concord, Moore's Early, Early Wilder. 

 Victor, Brilliant. 



Care should be taken to plant the vines according to the 

 blooming season, so as to enable the natural agencies, the insects 

 and the wind, to do their work properly. I may say here that 

 it is an error to plant large tracts of vineyards with only one 



