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CURRANT-GRAPE GROWING. F5 
- Tasle 1V.—felative behavior of ringed vines of the Panariti variety of currant 
grapes grafted on 15 varieties of phylloxera-resistant stocks, trained on a 
trellis at the Fresno Experiment Vineyard of the Department of Agriculture 
in California, showing the fruiting results in 1918. 
SRance of dates in 4-year period. | Fruit borne in 1918. 
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Name of the ewe, and of thestock | 2. ‘ fo) 
~ upon which it was grown. |=-) Growt =e F Fruit Pee a 
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Panariti variety: 
Aramon X Rupestris Ganzin No. 2..| 74 | Mar. 12 to | May 7 to | July 22 to | Very good...) 17 
| Mar. 30. May 14. July 25. 
Berlandieri X Riparia No. 420-A....) 84 | Mar. 12 to | May 5 to July 20 to} Excellent..) 25 
| - Mar. 26. May 8. July 22. | 
Clainette dore’? Ganzin.-..-...-.-..-. 89 | Mar. 12 to | May 6 to; Aug. 2 to) Very good..! 32.5 
| Mar. 25. May 9. Aug. 9. 
Constantia meteereee nse ea 86 | Mat. 12 to} May 6 to | July 25...__|..... COE ee oes 
| —“Mar. 23. May 13. 
ETO LOL Peron oe mete | Gd | Mar. 10 to |._._- GOP sas eaulivs225:¢0s|" Goode sae lama 
Mar. 27. July 25. 
Monticola x Riparia No. 18804...... 88 | Mar. 10 to; May 5 to| July 19 to'| Very good..' 13 
Mar. 23. May 13. July 25. | 
Monticola X Riparia No. 18808......| 74 | Mar. 10 to | May 6 to} July 22 to | Good......_| 23 
Wikies wie i eal (a all dale PS 
MonticolayGRiUpesttise= ees 44-- | 89) Loe. GO ae One| says 19 to | Very good..: 12.5 
readies Sean 
Riparia < Rupestris No. 3306.....-- 88 | Mar. 12 to | May 5 to | July 20 to! Excellent...) 12.5 
| Mar. 28. Mayel5s-9|-Jully,255— || 
Riparia < Rupestris No. 101-14..... 74 | Mar. 12 to | M>y 6 to] July 24 to | Very good..; 6 
Heer onl Miar se 2Ge May 19. July 25. 
Rupestris Martin. ..._..::.........- | 76 | Mar. 13 to | May 5 to} Aug. 1 to]..... do 1325 
Mar. 27. May 19 Aug. 9 | 
IRALPESUEISPNLISS1O Mans oo a ee | 69 | Mar. 13 to | IMRT 1 HO) bacc dozees|ss25 Clos S55 ABS 
| Mar. 25 May 19 
Rupestris x Berlandieri No. 219-A..| 81 | Mar. 13 to | Miaiyi= 6 tos Sullys2aSSes ats doz 5. |§13 
Mar. 29. May 17 : | 
SOLOMISHRO DUS tap aaa ees 84°| Mar: 9 to | May 5 to | July 18 to |-....do-....) 75 
| Mar. 23. | May17. | July 25 | 
AVE ED Si ee a kw 86 |-Mar. 11 to | May 5 to | Aug. 1 to }j..--- dors 2e- 34 
Mar. 24. May 18. | Aug. 9. | | 
HARVESTING AND CURING CURRANTS. 
DRYING AS FORMERLY PRACTICED IN GREECE. 
The following is quoted from the Agricultur al Explorer’s notes 
under date of March 6, 1901: 
The drying of the fruit is an important process, and there is one common 
substratum upon which all the corinths of commerce are dried. It is a sun- 
baked paste of cow manure. Whether a drying floor is prepared on open spots 
of ground scattered through the vineyards or consists of a large number of 
light wooden trays to be carried by the hand, makes no difference, both must 
be first: painted with a thick coat of the above-mentioned paste and allowed 
to dry in the sun. The explanation given is that the dried paste absorbs the 
moisture from the injured grapes and continues during the night to absorb 
moisture, as a coating of blotting paper would. In addition to this important 
office as an absorbing stratum it is claimed that the fumes of ammonia which 
are given off by it have the effect of giving the berries the desired dark-blue 
color which is demanded by the trade. Whatever may be said in favor of 
this method of curing, it can not fail to strike the unacquainted as an ex- 
ceedingly curious and objectionable one. A visit to the drying fields does not 
conduce to a removal of one’s objection to such a method. Some improved 
clean substratum ought to take the place of this old one, even though it ruin 
the large manufactures of manure paste. 
