THE GRAPE IN KANSAS. 93 



GRAPE REPORT. 



Read before the Kansas State Horticultural Society, December 29, 1900, by M. E. CHANDLER, 



of Argentine. 



The grape crop the past season was the largest we ever handled. Prices 

 ranged from ten to twelve cents per eight-pound basket for Concord and Worden ; 

 fifteen to twenty cents for Moore's Early. 



Some vineyards on high prairie land were badly affected with black rot; some 

 losing the entire crop, while on our sandy clay the rot was less than ten per cent. 



Spraying would have been almost useless this season, owing to the excessive 

 amount of rain washing it off ; but when the seasons are favorable, spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture (six pounds copper sulphate, four pounds lime, to fifty gallons 

 of water) will check the black rot. 



We found the Knapsack sprayer as quick and as handy as any to use in the 

 vineyard. 



The vines made an excellent growth this summer and are in fine condition for 

 next year. 



Grapes should be sacked for home use, to be used after the main crop is gone, 

 but it will not pay for market, at the low prices of the past few years. 



Tender varieties have almost recovered from the cold winter of 1898-'99. 

 As commercial grapes, I would recommend Moore's Early, Worden, and Concord ; 

 a few vines of Champion may be planted for extra early ; for red and pink table 

 grapes, Moyer, Delaware, Lindley, and Goethe; for white, Niagara, Moore's 

 Diamond, and Green Mountain. 



Vineyards should be trimmed in the fall, posts reset, and not left until spring, 

 when the ground is cold and wet. Do as much work in the fall as possible and 

 you will not get behind with work in the spring. 



We have not tested the new grapes, McPike, Green Mountain, Campbell's 

 Early, and Hicks, enough to know what they will do. 



VINEYARDS, 1900. 



Read before the Kansas State Horticultural Society, December 29, 1900, by A. L. ENTSMINGEE, 

 of Silver Lake, Shawnee county. 



The fall and winter of 1899-1900 was very favorable for a good crop; the 

 following spring was also favorable for the blossoming and pollenizing of the fruit ; 

 consequently a large yield was the result ; many shoots of new wood having three 

 and sometimes four or five bunches flourished and did well until about two- thirds 

 grown, when in some vineyards not well cared for rot was very noticeable, and 

 in some localities the crop was almost, if not quite, destroyed; some vineyards 

 escaped until nearly ripe and then dropped badly. However, care and attention, 

 with thorough cultivation, act largely as a preventive. We believe the later 

 rotting of the fruit is different from the early or bird's-eye rot, and will prove much 

 more destructive, as the sprayer cannot be used when the fruit is so nearly ma- 

 ture. As for my own vineyard, there was little reason for complaint, as there was 

 no damage to the vine or fruit, excepting a very little rot and some dropped late 

 in the season, caused by a fungus attacking the stem, which was so slight that 

 we did not consider the loss anything. The older varieties which suffered the 

 most were the later ones, such as Elvira, Columbian, and Concord. I grow many 

 varieties, but would only recommend for profit those well tested, as nearly all of 

 the new varieties fall far short of the introducers' claims. The much-praieed 

 Campbell's Early is so tender as to be practically worthless in this latitude. 



