THE GRAPE IN KANSAS. Ill 



five cents a thousand, and where they are conveniently together I put two- 

 bunches in each sack. It will also stop insect ravages. I also have grapes in 

 the country, but the birds do not bother them much. If you are living in town 

 it will pay you to sack your grapes. 



MR. DUKELOW: Plant white Kafir-corn close to the grapes, so that it will be 

 ripe at about the same time as the grapes are. It is a great preventive. The 

 birds will eat the seeds of the Kafir and let the grapes alone. 



J. W. ROBISON, Butler county: How many acres of Kafir-corn would it take 

 to protect an acre of grapes near Kansas City ? 



W. L. HALL, Riley county: We have 160 varieties of grapes under test at tha 

 experiment station, at Manhattan. One variety I wish to mention favorably it- 

 is the Eldorado. It ripens about with the Concord. It does not have the clus- 

 ter or bunch of the Niagara, but in quality it far exceeds the Niagara. We have; 

 shown them to many persons, and on testing, they pronounce them better in 

 every way than anything else. 



Question : Have you the Columbian in your collection ? 



Answer : Yes, sir; there is a jar of them on the table. They are very hardy r 

 and promise to make a good grape for market. It is as large, if not larger, than 

 any we have. I have measured them one and one-fourth inches in diameter. It 

 originated in Ohio. 



Q. : Do you consider it a valuable grape ? 



A. : If the people can get a chance to taste, it will sell all right. 



A. H. BUCKMAN, Shawnee county: I have no grapes to sell, but I want to 

 say a good word for the Green Mountain and Diamond. I grow the Niagara, and 

 it is seldom profitable. I consider it no better than the Rogers or some others, 

 It is not as hardy as Green Mountain. The Green Mountain is the earliest grape 

 we have. It comes before Moore's Early, and there is no question as to its quality. 



WILLIAM CUTTER : I have about seventy-five varieties of grapes ; among them 

 is a seedling of my own that ripens after all others that I have ; but it ripen* 

 imperfectly in many parts of Kansas. If it ever becomes of value, it must ripen 

 a little earlier or be planted farther south. It is much like the Concord when 

 ripe. The bunches are very large. Two other grapes have, I think, been slighted 

 here. One is Moore's Diamond, the most productive grape I have, but a poor 

 keeper. The Green Mountain is too small, excepting for children to eat. The 

 Campbell's Early bore with me this year before Moore's Early. It is smaller in 

 size than Moore's Early, but the bunch is larger. It is a good keeper. 



VINEYARDS. 



The following was read and discussed at the thirty-third meeting of the 

 Kansas State Horticultural Society, 1899: 



M. E. CHANDLER, Argentine, Kan.: The grape crop was not very encourag- 

 ing for the majority of growers in the vicinity of Kansas City. This was due to- 

 the extreme cold of winter and the rot of summer. The crop was reduced to 

 about thirty per cent. Vines have grown well this summer and are in fine con- 

 dition for a crop next year. Grapes affected with black rot were mostly on black 

 soil or high prairie. With us, on sandy, clay soil, the rot was less than five per 

 cent, and the crop about twenty-five per cent. The black rot is carried through 

 winter in the dried grapes and leaves. The black rot is first visible as a brown 

 speck, spreading throughout the vine. The spores are carried through the air 

 and germinated with the presence of water. Downy mildew is a parasitic plant 



