New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 
341 
Grapes. 
There are fifty-seven varieties of grapes growing at the Station, 
twenty-four of which bore fruit the past season. 
The following data were noted: 
GRAPES. 
: 
First leav's 
appeared. 
Jb irst 
flowers 
opened. 
First ripe 
fruits. 
First leav's 
falling. 
Last 
leaves 
falling. 
Amber Queen 
May 10 
June 6 
Sept. 
17 
Oct. 
8 
Oct. 
26 
Barry 
Brighton 
9 
" 7 
ci 
13 
i i 
3 
Nov. 
2 
9 
" 10 
3 
ft 
5 
tt 
2 
Burnet 
" 10 
" 10 
13 
a 
8 
Oct. 
26 
Catawba 
" 11 
" 12 
Oct. 
3 
10 
" 
27 
Champion 
9 
" 22 
Aug. 
29 
3 
Nov. 
2 
Duchesse 
" 10 
" 13 
Sept. 
21 
a 
8 
Oct. 
26 
Early Victor 
" 13 
" 14 
26 
a 
10 
Nov. 
2 
Francis B. Hayes 
" 10 
" 10 
it 
4 
a 
g 
v_/ou. 
<5U 
Highland 
" 11 
" 13 
tt 
24 
a 
8 
ft 
26 
Iona 
" 13 
" 13 
27 
a 
8 
tt 
27 
Jefferson 
" 11 
" 11 
Oct. 
11 
18 
Nov. 
12 
<e ii 
J.JL 
" ii 
Sept. 
13 
a 
10 
12 
Lady Washington 
" 10 
" 10 
28 
8 
Oct. 
26 
Linaley 
" 11 
" 10 
27 
5 
tt 
27 
Marvin's Centennial 
" 11 
" 10 
28 
a 
11 
a 
27 
Monroe 
" 10 
8 
13 
tt 
8 
tt 
26 
Moore's Early 
" 10 
" 7 
3 
a 
3 
i i 
26 
Rochester 
; 12 
" 7 
10 
• a 
3 
Nov. 
12 
Salem 
7 
6 
5 
3 
Oct. 
26 
Seedling (Jas. M. Paul) . . 
Senasque 
" 9 
" 8 
1 
3 
a 
26 
" 11 
" 13 
13 
a 
8 
tt 
27 
Vergennes 
" 13 
8 
19 
a 
8 
tt 
27 
Wilder 
" 9 
7 
21 
a 
3 
tt 
26 
Worden 
" 11 
" 10 
• 
17 
10 
a 
28 
The season has been favorable for the ripening of even the latest 
varieties. 
The seedling received from James M. Paul, North Adams, Mass., 
appears to be a promising early white variety. 
I think the quality of the Amber Queen was much inferior this 
season to what it was last ; the bunches also were smaller and less 
compact. 
The Champion was the earliest to ripen; the fruit is of inferior 
quality. 
The Jefferson was the latest to ripen; the fruit of this variety was 
sweet and of excellent quality. 
The fruit of the Senasque, Early Victor and Duchesse cracked quite 
badly. 
Notes on Mildew and Rot. 
Marvin's Centennial and Senasque were most affected with the white 
mildew, Unicula spiralis. 
Burnet, Catawba, Iona and Lady Washington we're considerably 
affected. 
