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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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was not inclined to fertilize very well. The 
clusters were too small and too imperfect 
to be good for market. He had seen it 
growing in three different localities. It 
was a week earlier than the Delaware. 
The general opinion of Lady Washing¬ 
ton (Ricketts’s) seemed to be that while the 
clusters were magnificent, it was altogether 
too late. This was the R. N.-Y.’s report 
made years ago. 
With Ellwanger & Barry the Mills had 
done well, proving remarkable on their 
grounds. It was large, handsome and un¬ 
equaled, although it might yet develop 
some weak points. 
The reports on that early, splendid grape 
Eldorado, confirmed the R. N.-Y.’s state¬ 
ments—imperfect clusters. 
The Prentiss had few friends. The 
Downing with many good qualities is 
rather late. Mr. Green considered it a 
wonderful grape, almost as large as a 
cherry, still he feared it is too late. 
Mr. Green pronounced the Eaton a re¬ 
markable grape in many respects, bearing 
immense clusters. It was a trifle later than 
the Concord. The R. N.-Y. has found it a 
trifle earlier. 
The Jessica was alluded to by Mr. Hub¬ 
bard as a good early grape for the amateur. 
It bears well, but the bunches are small. 
This is worthless at the Rural Grounds. 
Moore’s Diamond was regarded as a promis¬ 
ing grape of fine quality with handsome 
clusters, productive, and with something of 
the Iona flavor. Mr. Snow had two vines, 
but did not consider it worth a place in the 
vineyard for money. Mr. Hubbard saw the 
Diamond at Bluff Point last season. It 
was very healthy, bore good clusters, and 
a good-sized berry, ripening about with the 
Concord, perhaps a little before. The 
foliage was healthy, more so than that of 
the Catawba, aud it was earlier than al¬ 
most anything else in the vineyard. One 
lot of two-year-old vines was growing in 
the weeds, with two rows of Niagara and 
Empire State near by, and the foliage of 
the Diamond was the healthiest. 
The consensus of opinion regarding the 
Woodruff Red supports the unfavorable 
reports which the R. N.-Y. made some 
four years ago from its owu trials. Mr. 
Green had fruited it for three or four 
years, and did not think he had any place 
for it. It was later than the Concord, and 
poor, with clusters not remarkably large, 
although of fine color. It was very dis¬ 
appointing. Mr. Barry formed an unfav¬ 
orable opinion of it when he first saw it, 
aud threw it out. Mr. Hubbard formed 
the same opinion early. He saw it at Ann 
Arbor, and thought then it would not 
prove productive; but now he had a better 
opinion of it. Though of poor quality, it 
had a bright red, attractive color, and 
would sell. He was in favor of growing 
the grapes that people called for and are 
willing to pay for. Mr. Willard, however, 
praised it. He fruited it for three seasons, 
and said it was one of the most hardy 
vines, always perfecting its wood thorough¬ 
ly, setting fruit well. The bunch was re¬ 
markably fine, and although it was a grape 
of low quality, it would, nevertheless, sell 
well because of its fine appearance. Its 
productiveness and hardiness could not be 
questioned, and he thought it ripened a 
week in advance of the Concord. 
Mr. Wii.lard saw 15 or 20 vines of the 
Geneva last year, and was wonderfully im¬ 
pressed with it, both because it held its 
foliage well and set a large amount of 
beautiful clusters. In color it was green¬ 
ish-white, of good quality, and he consid¬ 
ered it a very promising new grape. Mr. 
Moore was the originator. Mr. Hooker 
remarked that the Geneva was another 
grape that fruited for the first time on 
their grounds. They had fruited it for sev¬ 
eral years before it was removed by Mr. 
Moore. On their soil it proved rather late, 
but was a heavy bearer and fine-looking... 
Mr. Hubbard saw the Green Mountain 
fruiting at the experiment grounds at 
Geneva hist season. It ripened about with 
Moore’s Early and Jessica ; had good-sized 
clusters; rather medium berry; pretty 
well shouldered, aud bore a fair crop. 
This was the observation of only one sea¬ 
son, but he was favorably impressed with 
it. Mr. Barry considered the Winchell 
one of the earliest white grapes there 
was. It was a pure native, very early, 
about with Moore’s Early; of good qual¬ 
ity, with nice clusters, strong grower, 
healthy, and as good foliage as Concord. 
The fruit was medium, larger than Del¬ 
aware, bunch slightly shouldered, and 
about as long as Duchess. 
IT will be remembered _that we have 
bagged grapes at various stages of develop¬ 
ment—from the bud to the berry as large 
as a pea. As reported last fall, nearly all 
the racemes which were bagged while in 
bud, gave either imperfect bunches or none 
at all. Here is Mr. John S. Collins’s ex¬ 
perience: “We used over 50,000 b^gs on 
grapes last season ; some were put on be¬ 
fore the blossoming, but I do not recom¬ 
mend the plan although it beats the rose 
bugs. A large percentage of those bagged 
before blossoming never set; I would rather 
put on the bags as soon as the blossoms fall. 
We have to spray with the Bordeaux Mix¬ 
ture : sulphate of copper, six pounds; 
fresh lime, four pounds; water, 22 gallons. 
A VERSATILE writer in the Rural Home 
says that he would rather have 40 acres of 
fertile land and be in debt for half of it, 
than to have 80 acres of worn land and owe 
nothing. While he is bringing up those 80 
acres of poor land and getting a bare living 
from it, he can make such crops from fer¬ 
tile laud that at the end of 20 years he will 
be better off. If you buy any land, buy 
good land. Of course it may be good policy 
to buy land not in a high state of cultiva¬ 
tion, but it should make reasonably good 
pasture land at once. 
Dahlia seeds are offered by such leading 
firms as Henderson, Burpee, Thorburn, 
Gregory, Vick, Storrs & Harrison, etc. The 
price of seeds, as stated in our editorial 
note last week, is from 10 to 25 cents a 
packet, and one packet will give all the 
plants desired for trial. The seedlings will 
vary indefinitely in color and number of 
petals and most of the plants, if the seed 
be sown at once, will bloom before the mid 
die of September. 
and Plante. 
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plants spring from the roots. Roots spring 
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Prof. Popenoe: “It is a common prac¬ 
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IOO Doses One Dollar 
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