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which excel this in handsome appearance and high quaUty. Bulle- 

 tin 44, issued by the State Experiment Station, Amherst, says of 

 this variety, 10 representing the highest score, — Vigor 9, Hardiness 

 9, Resistance to Disease 10, Adhesiveness 7, Keeping Qualties 

 6. This is my choice of all the white grapes. 



Concord. — This variety I have grown for thirty-five years. It 

 has been truly said to be the grape for the million. It was grown 

 to perfection on my father's place where he had a line one hundred 

 and fifty feet long. Some of these vines were far superior to others, 

 although they all came from the same nursery and were of the same 

 age at the time of planting. 



In my first growing of this variety mildew and brick rot mani- 

 fested themselves at various seasons, but after purchasing a spraying 

 outfit and using copper sulphate solution before the buds started, 

 followed by Bordeaux mixture later, these diseases disappeared. 

 I have noticed that at times when other varieties are nearly a total 

 failure the Concord bears a good crop and I never have had any 

 winter killing of this variety. 



Niagara. — This variety which I have grown for eighteen years 

 will do better further south than in this latitude. It really does 

 not ripen \vell oftener than every third year or so unless it has the 

 heat of a building or wall with a southerly exposure. It is the 

 richest in pollen of any variety and for pollenizing the hybrid 

 varieties it has no superior. It is a remarkably strong grower 

 and heavy bearer, but the fruit is foxy which is objectionable to 

 many. 



Herbert {Rogers' No. 44)- — I consider this grape which I have 

 grown sixteen years the best of the Rogers' black varieties. It is 

 a remarkably strong grower, splendid bearer, and never deficient 

 in pollen like many others of this group. It has large clusters 

 with extra large berries, thick skin, often having the appearance of 

 Black Hamburghs from a greenhouse. 



My first introduction to this grape was in the vineyard of our 

 highly esteemed member, Mr. Joseph S. Chase of jNIalden, ]\Iassa- 

 chusetts. I was surprised at the number of varieties he grew and 

 the high quality of many of them. I did not suppose so many 

 arieties would grow in this state, as at one time I lived near the 

 famous vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in California. This 



