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Diana. — This variety I have grown for fourteen years. It is 

 very late in ripening which is about the last of our growing season. 

 To insure full ripeness but one cluster to a cane is the best. The 

 ^^ne is a strong grower, a seedling of the Catawba, and originated 

 at Milton, Massachusetts. The bunch and berry are of medium 

 size, skin quite thick, brick red, and the best keeping grape raised 

 in this latitude. I have frequently kept this grape in good condition 

 until March. Although the stems dry the clusters have the appear- 

 ance of raisins. 



Lindley (Rogers' No. 9). — Fifteen years grown. This is my 

 favorite of the Rogers' red varieties and with me is usually later 

 in ripening than most of the other hybrids. It is very deficient in 

 pollen and must be planted near the Worden, Concord, or Niagara, 

 especially the latter, in order to poUenize its blossoms. 



The berries are very large (as grown by me) and of high quaUty 

 and an excellent keeper. The soil should not be made too rich 

 for this variety as it is a heavy wood maker at the expense of the 

 fruit. I grow this variety with four arms where I grow many of 

 the others with two only. 



Other varieties. — Other varieties grown by me are Green's 

 Early, Pocklington, Early Daisy, Lucile, Massasoit (Rogers' No. 3), 

 Rogers' No. 30, and Isabella. My method is to train moderate 

 growers to one arm, strong growers to two arms, and extra strong 

 growers to four arms. 



N. B. White, the veteran grape hybridizer, of Norwood, Massa- 

 chusetts, presented a paper on the Breeding of Grapes. He said 

 that hybridizing, or the crossing of two species, tends to give ^dgor 

 to the offspring as well as to furnish new and improved varieties. 

 The three best species of grapes to breed from are the Vitis Labriisca, 

 Vitis vidpina, and Vitis vinifera. Thus far our best grapes have 

 in their combination those three species and fine results have been 

 ■obtained from this combination. 



Some southern varieties of grapes also possess desirable qualities 

 and experimental work with these and the northern species is 

 likely to produce valuable varieties. 



Mr. White said that there should be more attention paid to 

 acclimatizing grapes that require a longer season than our own by 

 planting hybridized seeds of such varieties here. The influence of 



