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variety. It has been found in France and Austria that at 

 blooming time the natural agencies are unable to pollenize at 

 the same time, acres and acres of the same variety, and that 

 large areas have fruit v^^hich does not set well. On the other 

 hand, if several varieties, not blooming at the same time, should 

 fill the vineyard, the pollenizing process would progress more 

 evenly and be done thoroughly. This, as you all know, is very 

 important, and has to be reckoned with. Plant, then, your 

 strong, self-fertilizing Concord in one row, and the Brighton 

 next to it, etc. 



We have still to fight some of the cryptogamic diseases of the 

 vine, but now there comes a new enemy of the grape. • 



In Bulletin 184 for November, 1900, issued by the Cornell 

 University Experiment Station, Professor Slingerland gives a 

 complete history of this pest, the Fidia viticida, or grape root- 

 worm, attacking the foliage when in the beetle state and the 

 roots when in the grub form. It did some damage in New 

 York vineyards. Some have appeared in our Meriden vineyards, 

 but did little harm. We will have to be on the lookout for this 

 coming season. 



On the "Coe farm," in Meriden, in the Allen avenue. vine- 

 yard, a trial has been started in renovating old vines by cleft - 

 grafting, inserting two cions of new varieties on the old stock. 

 This work began in the middle of May, 1900, and the strong 

 growth of over two hundred grafts of the newer kinds has sur- 

 passed my expectations. 



Some strong growers like Elvira, Brighton, Bell, Gold Coin 

 and Marion have attained twelve and fifteen feet, and the wood 

 has ripened perfectly. We now await the coming season, and 

 upon the bearing of these grafted vines will depend the com- 

 pletion of the five acres left of old vines. 



In regard to the coming "Pan-American Exposition" in 

 Buffalo, besides our natural products, we ought to exhibit some 

 samples of our wines. It would be something new, and cer- 

 tainly if any superiority resides in our wines, they will be appre- 

 ciated and gain the widest publicity. That is what is needed. 

 There is no state in this mighty Union which can show a more 

 fitting emblem of viticulture than the coat-of-arms of Connecti- 

 cut. In yonder capitol you see the strong and stocky grape- 



