
684 Report oF THE AssistTaANt HorTICULTURIST OF THE 
“Although these insects have many natural foes, such as car- 
niverous ground bettles, insectiverous birds, domestic fowls, 
toads, etc., they often need the intervening hand of man to keep 
them within due bounds. When numerous, they may be detached 
from the vines with a sudden and violent jar, falling on sheets 
spread below to receive them. They are naturally sluggish, 
do not fly readily, and are fond of congregating in masses on 
the foliage they are consuming, and hence, in the morning, before 
the day becomes warm, they can be easily shaken from their 
resting places, collected and destroyed. This insect is very 
partial to the Clinton grape, and where this is to be had will con- 
gregate on it in preference to other varieties, a peculiarity which 
may be made use of by planting Clinton vines as a decoy, and 
thus materially lessening the labor involved in the destruction: 
of the beetles.” 
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NEWER VARIETIES 
TESTED THIS SEASON. 
Bowman. S.—-Growth stocky; foliage dark green; leaf stalks 
short and stiff; leaves large; fruits medium to large, obtuse conical, 
light-red; flesh light pink, soft; quality fine; fruits Jersey 
Queen type. 
Boynton. P.— Growth vigorous; leaf stalks long, slender; medium — 
green foliage; fruits medium size, dark red, large clusters, soft; 
quality good. 
_ Eclipse (Barton’s). P.—Growth rank; foliage light green; leaf 
stalks long and stiff; leaves large; fruits large to very large, coni- 
cal, rounding in large specimens, dark red, showy, medium firm; 
quality fine. 
Feichts No. 3. P. — Growl vigorous; foliage light green; ica 
medium size, on long slim leaf stalks; fruit stalks long and 
stiff, but not strong enough to hold fruit from ground. Makes a 
moderate number of runners; fruits cubical, large specimens cox- 
combed, average large, bright red; flesh white, firm; quality 
fine. - 
Feichts No. 2. S.— Growth very rank; foliage dark green, new 
leaves lighter, leaves large, deeply serrated, on long stiff leaf — 

