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due  to  newer  planting.  With  many  of 
these  States  the  tonnages  were  nearly 
doubled  in  1922.  Other  States  not  covered 
in  the  report  are  slowly  but  surely  get¬ 
ting  started  in  the  industry,  and  while 
it  may  be  some  seasons  before  they. u ill 
produce  a  surplus  sufficient  to  be  sent 
to  the  large  markets,  yet  they  are  in  the 
meantime  lessening  the  shipments  into 
their  localities.  In  1922  the  Niagara 
Peninsula  in  Canada  produced  1,486  car¬ 
loads.  of  which  511  were  shipped  into  the 
States.  This  latter  fact  would  indicate 
that  approximately  900  cars  will  normally 
supply  their  local  needs  and  that  a  sur¬ 
plus  must  be  sold  outside.  Here  also  the 
planting  of  grapes  is  quite  the  thing.  Of 
course,  it  may  be  argued  that  a  large 
percentage  of  the  vines  now  being  planted 
will  never  come  to  profitable  production, 
owing  to  neglect  and  the  lack  of  cultural 
knowledge,  but  should* but  one-half  of  the 
vines  already  planted  make  productive 
plants,  the  profitable  marketing  of  the 
Concord  will  be  a  serious  problem.  The 
writer  has  just  heard  of  an  order  running 
into  thousands  of  plants  for  a  Western 
State  that  only  shipped  50  cars  in  1922. 
Improved  Marketing  Conditions.— 
It  will  also  be  argued  that  if  the  market¬ 
ing  methods  are  improved  and  new  mar¬ 
kets  developed,  enough  Concords  will  not 
be  grown  to  supply  them.  There  can  be 
no  doubt  that  there  is  room  for  improve¬ 
ment  in  this  direction,  and  that  many 
tons  may  be  sold  in  markets  that  now  re¬ 
ceive  but  few,  if  any,  shipments;  but 
both  of  these  problems  require  time  to 
work  out.  The  entire  matter  resolves 
itself,  or  ■null,  in  cost  of  production, 
freights  and  quality.  There  is  not  going 
to  be  enough  business  to  go  around  for 
the  grower  of  Concord,  at  least  until  there 
be  a  readjustment  of  marketing.  The 
grower  with  high-priced  land,  large  pro¬ 
duction  costs  and  low  yields  must  give 
way  to  the  grower  who  has  less  invested, 
has  higher  production  and  that  which 
follows  low  costs.  Fruit  growers  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  chief  Concord  markets 
have  viewed  the  situation  for  several  sea¬ 
sons  at  close  range,  and  many  have  con¬ 
cluded  that  they  can  get  the  same  quality 
of  grapes  on  to  the  nearby  markets  at 
less  cost  than  can  the  growers  inland. 
Hence  we  see  and  hear  of  localities  in 
these  situations  planning  to  plant  heavily 
to  Concord.  Under  normal  conditions 
these  men  can  get  their  fruit  to  their  mar¬ 
kets  in  better  condition  than  can  those 
growers  of  Michigan  and  other  distant 
places. 
Shipping  Quality.— If  there  be  one 
factor  that  is  more  potent  in  influencing 
the  Eastern  trade  to  grapes  from  Cali¬ 
fornia  and  the  Southwest  is  is  their  con¬ 
dition  on  arrival — quality.  The  varieties 
there  grown  are,  of  course,  firmer  and 
consequently  stand  shipment  much  better 
than  Concord,  but  aside  from  this  they 
present  a  far  better  appearance  in  the 
car  than  do  the  major  portion  of  our 
Eastern  grapes.  The  grower  of  American 
grapes,  if  he  is  to  compete  with  our  West¬ 
ern  friends,  has  got  to  learn  what  to  put 
into  the  package.  Wormy  grapes,  mil¬ 
dewed  grapes  and  unripe  grapes  are  going 
to  hurt  the  grower  and  packer  of  such 
fruit.  One  often  hears  that  this  or  that 
locality  markets  a  finer  product  than  an¬ 
other.  In  some  instances,  in  a  very  lim¬ 
ited  way,  this  is  true,  but  by  and  large  the 
entire  product  from  one  locality  does  not 
differ  widely  over  a  period  of  years  from 
another. 
Insect  Control. — If  one  section  per¬ 
chance  escapes  the  invasion  of  the  berry 
moth,  the  grape  root-worm,  the  grape 
leaf-hopper,  mildew  or  rot  in  any  season 
his  chances  for"harvesting  better  quality 
fruit  are  greater  than  the  less  fortunate 
growers  of  another  locality,  but  as  con¬ 
trol  measures  for  all  these  ailments  have 
been  conclusively  proven,  there  can  be  no 
reason  why  these  should  seriously  cut 
down  the  quality.  A  grower  of  many  acres 
has  reported  many  times  that  one  appli¬ 
cation  of  Bordeaux  mixture  a  season, 
even  though  there  be  no  insects  or  dis¬ 
eases  prevalent,  has  paid  for  itself  several 
times  over  in  its  effect  on  the  keeping 
qualities  of  the  fruit,  both  on  the  vine  and 
after  its  picking  and  shipment.  The 
writer  has  seen  this  verified  in  several 
seasons.  Several  years’  experiments  have 
shown  conclusively  that  vines  fertilized 
liberally  and  intelligently  with  manures 
and  commercial  fertilizers  likewise  im¬ 
prove  the  quality  of  the  fruit,  not  only 
in  size  of  duster  and  berry,  but  in  its 
better  hanging  qualities  on  the  vines  after 
maturity  has  been  reached.  The  gains 
from  the  use  of  these  materials  in  in¬ 
creased  tonnage  alone  has  paid  for  the 
treatment  several  times  over. 
Cultivation  Necessary.— The  vine  of 
all  fruits  suffers  most  from  lack  of  thor¬ 
ough  cultivation.  Lack  of  cultivation  also 
favors  hibernation  of  injurious  grape  in¬ 
sects,  and  mildews  and  rots  are  more  se¬ 
vere  over  an  area  grown  to  weeds  and 
grasses.  Neglect  of  cultivation  covering 
but  one  season  has  resulted  in  a  setback 
to  the  vines  covering  three  seasons,  in 
addition  to  an  almost  total  loss  of  the 
crop  of  that  year.  The  vineyardist.  either 
prospective  or  other,  should  realize  that 
these  matters  must  be  given  close  atten¬ 
tion  that  quantity  and  quality  may  result. 
Just  now  quality  takes  precedence.  Only 
by  securing  these  can  the  production  costs 
per  ton  be  kept  down  to  a  basis  .that  al¬ 
lows  of  a  profit.  There  can  be  no  ques¬ 
tion  that  the  demands  for  quality  grapes 
are  going  to  be  more  and  more  insistent. 
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