ON THE GRAPE 



half the grapes on each bunch usually were alto- 

 gether seedless. Some entire clusters were seed- 

 less. Yet other vines of the same fraternity bore 

 fruit in which the seeds were unusually large. 



By selection among these vines I have devel- 

 oped several races of nearly seedless grapes that 

 are of exceptional quality. The best of these will 

 be introduced, and they will also be of value in 

 hybridizing experiments for the production of 

 seedless grapes of other varieties. 



Once produced, such varieties must obviously 

 be propagated by cuttings, but this of course 

 presents no difficulties. 



The matter of hybridization, crossing, and se- 

 lection of fruit having been gone into quite exten- 

 sively in early chapters, only a glimpse of the 

 special features of the work with the grape has 

 been here recorded. The methods of crossing 

 and selection having been discussed in previous 

 chapters, it would be mere repetition to give them 

 here; and for this reason the details have not 

 been elaborated as fully as in some chapters on 

 other fruits. 



A great number of experiments with the grape 

 are now being carried on that are approaching 

 completion, and I have a large number of unique 

 and valuable grape varieties which are awaiting 

 introduction. 



