' New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 341 
the cold, wet weather at the time of blossoming destroying in part 
the effect of the pollen. As aresult the bunches were not properly 
filled out, making it impossible to describe the size or the shape 
of the bunches. The vines with but few exceptions have made a 
vigorous growth during the season, and while the vines and fruit 
in many of the vineyard sections of the State have been injured by 
fungus diseases, our vines at the Station have suffered but little. 
‘The downy mildew attacked a few of them, causing but slight 
damage to the fruit. The table annexed gives the data collected 
for the season. 
