386 Reporr or THE HortTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
The following season (1902) the tests with Empire State and 
Vergennes were repeated. The Empire State vine, which was 
girdled in 1901, proved to be unhealthy, and so the results were 
not reported. 
VERGENNES, IN 1902. 
On girdled canes five clusters were cross-pollinated with pol- 
len from other clusters on the same canes. The girdle did not 
heal over. The fruit was more backward in ripening and 
smaller than normal Vergennes. The clusters rated respect- 
ively 45, 78, 88, 70, 50. Number of seeds was not determined. 
On bent canes five clusters were cross-pollinated with pollen 
from other clusters from the same canes; 6 other clusters on 
these canes were not bagged, but were left open to cross-pollina- 
tion. Taking these into account, the clusters on the bent canes 
were, on the whole, better developed and better filled than those 
on the same vine which were borne on unbent canes. The clus- 
ters rated respectively as stated below: 
On bent canes bagged clusters rated 60, 50, 62, 75. 
On bent canes unbagged clusters rated 100, 96, 97, 20, 95, 45. — 
On normal canes unbagged clusters rated 8, 70, 65, 75, 95, 38, 
50, 85, 8, 15, 90, 75, 90, 50, 55, 80, 88, 85, 60, 35, 35, 55, 15, 
12, 12, 18, 85, 25. 
On a normal cane four clusters were cross-pollinated with 
pollen from other clusters on the same cane. These rated 75, 
75, 65, 70. | 
In these tests the best results were obtained from uncovered 
clusters on bent canes. The covered clusters averaged some- 
_ what better on the normal than on either the girdled or the bent 
canes. 
EMPIRE STATE, IN 1902. 
In previous tests Empire State has proved rather strongly self- 
fertile. 
On girdled canes five clusters were cross-pollinated with pol- 
len from other clusters on the same canes. They rated 100, 100, 
100, 88. Fruit normal in size. 
On bent canes five clusters were cross-pollinated with pollen 
from other clusters on the same canes. They rated 100, 100, 
100, 90, 100. 
