514 Report oF THE HorricuLTuRIST OF THE 
The following table is taken from a letter from Mr. Taber, 
which gives the season of ripening of the fruit on the ringed and 
unringed vines of the different varieties for 1896: 





Maturity 
Began picking. advanced 
by ringing. 
Days. 
Goneord, “TiN sed wagons We ee A sie wie as September 4.... org 
Coneodrd, unringed i.5 en  voeee rats on cy ee September 21.... es 
Dolaware, ringed Aye eras sa eee tied at alee August ps Bey yt 9 
Dela ware. Unrineey sawyer deo «ts sc alee eat September 2.... 9 
HII Te SLaLe, TINO ta ee ca ks ce ees Cea ker den August 20a 21 
Hmpite,-State-ounringed*... ... «euesekeaens. September 15.... 21 
Moore's Marlys ringed sc su cs's seit peoeee eens About same time. 00 
MIGOTC a sash; UME ge atest cide cia teas About same time. 00 
Niggaray? Tinted Aste eis OA ep oneiee nee eee August a ae 14 
IDPS ATA WIN SCs no eis adele Sree eee eee September 10.... 14 
WoOrTuen TINGE ©. cas ca ao «oles os Pee ee About same time. 00 
Worden uniringed oe Scio ee eee eases About same time. 00 



No difference was noticed during the season between the vines 
that were ringed beyond the fifth bud and those that were ringed 
beyond the renewal bud. 
In 1897 it was the intention to ring the same vines and in the 
same manner. ‘The result is best given by an extract from a letter 
from Mr. Taber under the date of November 8, 1897: 
The same vines were girdled as last year excepting the two vines of Niagaras, 
one of which was dead and the other died soon after leafing out; these 
vines you will remember were girdled back to the renewal bud. This is evi- 
dently more than the vine can stand. 
The effects this year were not as pronounced as last year. The fruit on 
girdled vines commenced coloring earlier than the others, but when it was 
fit to cut there were bunches on ungirdled vines that were just as near ripe. 
One kind only, the Empire State, was improved in size and hastened some- 
what in ripening, but changed more in size than in time of ripening. 
EXPERIMENTS AT LODL. 
The experiments at Poughkeepsie were duplicated in the vine- 
yard of E. Smith and Sons, Lodi, N. Y. Mr. Smith trains his 
vines on the renewal system and as there are several shoots allowed 
