INDUSTRIAL OREGON vr-gx :
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This cut Is used by icocfrtesy of the
Associated Industries,! of Oregon.
Dates of Slogans- in
(la Twice--Ve-k Statcadtan Following Iy)
(With a few possible changes')
Loganberries, October Z
Prut.es. October 9
Dairying, October 16
Flax. October 23
Filberts. October 30
Walnuts, November 6
Strawberries. November 18
Apples, November 20 - - j
Raspberries, November 27
Mint. December 4 J
Great Cows, Etc.. December 11
Blackberries, December IS
Cherries, December 25
Pears. January 1, 1925
Gooseberries. January 8
Corn. January 15
Celery, January 22
Spinach, Etc., January 29
Onions, Etc., February 5
Potatoes, Etc.. February 12
Bees, February 19 v 5
Poultry and Pet Stock, Feb. 28
City Beautiful, etc.. March 5J
Beans, Etc., March 12 j
Paved High ways, Mrch 19 I
Head Lettuce. March 26
Silos. Etc.. April 2 j
Legumes, April 9 V.-; J-;
Asparagus, Etc.. April 16 J
Grapes. Etc., April -23-. .
DrugrGarden, April 30 ., j ; .
JIM Lim WILL INCREASE HIS .GRAPE
ACREAGE A! BELIEVES
He Repeats What He Has skid bany Times, That We Can
Grow the Grape Juice Varieties Here in Quantity, and We
Should Secure Grape Juipe
ing and Cultivation the important Things
J. IC (Jini) Linn is one of the
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most' consistent of Salem's boost-
ers for the grape industry ' hen
4;
and he in gratified in witnessing
a great growth in interest r. rf n
crape acreage here. Mr. Linn givfa
much care to his four acre g rapt
vineyard on his farm in the Liber
ty district, four miles south of Sa
lem though he is interested in
mapy other things, including Hotel
"Marion, hops, loganberries, gener
al farming and stock raising, etc.
When Mr, Linn was a number
of years younger than he is now,
he was on the payrolls of the state
cC California, workinglit the honle
lor the feeble minded children at
He then had the care of the vine
yard of that institution, and the
vineyard that he attended wis
across the road from the one dn
the farm of Jack London, the great
novelist, and near one owned by
Dr. Donnelly, mayor of San Fraii
cisco and whom was a candidate
for governor of California. f
There was a good deal of rival
ry between Mr. Linn and Jack
London, for the great story writer
thought- he knew all about grape
growing, and he took great de
light in the arts of viticulture. E
LI ut Mr. Linn made a study of
the science, too. and he worked
bard, and he thinks he put it ail
over Jack London in . the quality
uiCcH quantity of grapes growu. !
Like Polk Hills
Lip n sayj the grapelandj
. of thefckmonia-valley diatrict - is
like the I'olk county hills only
rojigheFJl - - ,V , . H
V He says Ibe Tough " rocky land
of the Willamette valley, with
south slopes, to get the- best ad
vantage of the sunshine, is the
best fcr , grapes in the country
around Salem. - I
' Mr.i Linn's own vineyard Is a
patch j of land that waa formerly
frown up to oak grubs and wlild
N things of'tLe woausc
- -''lie ,sfct out his grape vines In
the spring of 1&15; Concords and
Wordens. which he got from ?ewj
ork. The Wordens are of the
Concord family; only larger and
finer. He set his vines fight feet
apart; set them like hop vinesj - I
. There are three ways to culti
vate grapes; the stump system,
the trelllsing system and the lay
ering system. The grower can pro
duce more grapes to the acre With
the layering j system than With
either of the other two; eome
Hungarians and Germans iu Mar
ion county are producing 10 tons
to the acre with the layering sys
tem. But that system takes the
most labor of all.
Then there is the trelllsing sys
tem described in this Issue j by
several writers. j-j .
Mr. Lion uses the stumping ys
tem. - - ' -'",.,, , .-: i
He saya this is the system used
, in California for large acreage. It
makes for easy cultivation fand
harvesting. 'ft
Ths second year tie up the first
year's growth to a stake 18 inches
high which makes the stump of
the vine. Each year after that j cat
back the season's gtowth to about
two eyes. Thus the new growth
will branch eut and make a hash
Daily Statesman
SUgar Beets, Sorghum, Et
. Hay 7 . j. !.
Water Powers, May 14
Irrigation. May 21
Minifier. Mar !28
l4nd. Irrigation. Etc. June 4
Floriculture, June 11
Hops. Cabbage, H...C
Wholesaling and
: Juno 25 I
June IS
J o b b i n g.
Cucumbers, Etc., July 2
Hogs, July 9 1
Gpats, July; 1(5.
Schools, EtcJ July
Slippn Jnlv no
23
National Advertising. August b
Seeds. Etc.. August 13
Livestock. August 20
Grain and Grain Products, Au
gust 27 5
Manufacturing September 3.
Automotive Industries, Septem
ber 10 . '
Woodworking. Etc.; Sept. 17
Paper Mills.; Etc., Sept. 24.
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editions of The Daily Oregon
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are for sale -a.c 10 cents each,
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Factories for Salem Prun
gh enough to-carry the fruit off
the round. When the vines pro
dice fruit, 1 to get perfect fruit
pinch back the vines about the
first of" Julyi to twd joints In or
djr to throw the growth into the
frbit.
Another advantage, this
will
much
make
the w
ntcr pruning
lees.
Mr. Linn bays'" that, while he
sejt his grapes about like, hops,
deeper holes are better.
He says that ai grower here
may safely count on an average
off three tons1 to the acre, under
tbe stumping system; a well-tend
ed trtellised vineyard will produce
J . . T L . ...
live ions to tne acre, ana a lay
ered vineyard mayi bear 10 tona
to the "acre. : ' j'
The price should be at least
Jl 00 a ton. in normal years.
Th Layering Sjstem
The layering system is rather
hrd to describe without a pic
ture. But the principle is the
gtowing tne year before of two or
tbjree vines j about six feet long,
frbm the parent stump; then the
ccjvering of these Vines with eoil
Icjr about two feet, supporting the
rtjst of the vines with stakes. The
part of the vine under, the soil
gj-owa rootlets and gets suste
nince?from the soit to put growth
iijto the grapes on the part of the
vjne exposed to the sunlight on
te stake and the result is a
great crop, j :
Mr. Linn has ben gathering a
larger crop ol grapes each succeed-
I Some of the 'above facts have
been given concerning, this little
vineyard and the methods and de
scriptions of j Mr. Linn in former
Sjlogan issues of The Statesman;
brut there ate many new people
ajnd new" readers to whom thev
will be new jand Interesting; who
rhay profit from their perusal
i For there Is a growing interest
ih. the grap4 industry in the Sa-l-m
district, (and there should be.
j Mr. Linn says California grapes
have -hold as high! as $200 a ton
ih recent years, but there Is money
ib grapes in the Salem district al
100 a ton, j - One,' may. expect at
ltast three ' t6hs tb"lne acre, and
N .harvesting is not expensive;
!lr. Linn himself ii-when" he first
went to jairtornia,; picked grapes
it $1 a ton and
tjons'a day.j The
iirei higher It ban
he picked twi
scales of wages
tbat. nowi but.
even so, the expense of harvesting
grapes Is lovf as compared with al-
niost any other frjiit crop.
Is Good Iroporty
j He says this little vineyard is
getting to be the best piece of
fipc"rt) hej has, for the size of
ihe original; investment. When it
et to be fifteen; years old, and
ith good attention, it will bear
five tons to the acre. And it will
$o on bearing that tonnage and
inore during all the years of his
life, and for 1000 years longer,
perhaps, with just a little' care
each year. Grape vines, or rather
grape trees, or grape stumps, nev
?r grow old, any more than a wal
nut or filbert-, troV! arows old.
They renew; themselves each year,
and only the heart wood ot the
tree grows old. Mr, Linn eays he
NDUSTRY
OREGON. QUALITY
our pay rolls they build
market for the products
crops or Oregon Quality food than any other
hears more and more Inquiry con
cerning grape growing in this sec
tion. Scarcely a day passes that
he dfea not have some one com
ing to make inquiry concernins
getting a start in grape growing.
And growers are giving their
grapes good attention now; tak
ing care of the vines and 'keeping
up the soil fertility. What la fin
er, he asks, than a" grape arbor,
giving beauty and affording shade,
while making a good return for
its care? ilr. Linn says not to set
out the European varieties here.
They are all right in California,
where the summers are hot, but
they will not ripen properly here.
Set out the Concord, Worden,
Campbell's Early, Niagara, etc.;
also the American varieties;
the Concord varieties; the kinds
that make the grape juice of com
merce; the Hudson river varieties.
They will do as weir here as thej
do in the districts where they art
grown over', wide areas for j the
leading grape x juice . factories.
Grapes also make very fine vine
gar -and they are largely . used ii.
Jelly making, in both domestic anc
commercial , volumes Mr.,. Linn be
lieves we should have grape juice
factories, here, and that we wil
get them'if we keep on growing
larger quantities of the right va
rietica. Why not? You can pie!
grapes for $2 a ton; while it costs
$40 a ton and more to. pick oui
berries. And grapes now sell foi
around 5 cents a pound, or $10o
a ton. They can be produced at i
profit here at lower prices. ' Then
are a number of growers In ,h
Salem district who make theii
livings from grape growing. Th i
vineyards are becoming more val
liable with every passing year, ;
Will Increas" ArrcMge
Mr. Linn ; will increase his acre
age of grapes; will put out a
couple more acres. He will plani
iielawares, Niagaras and "Camp
bell's Early. s
Mr. Linn says grapes are prac
tically Immune from pests and d''s
eases, that Is, with proper prun
ing and cultivation. Everything
depends on pruning and cultiva
tion. He says grape vines are more
pleasant to work with than the
fruit vines that rhave thorns, am
the picking of the fruit, too, la a
more pleasant task with vine:
without briers. ' -
,Mr. Linn believes the people of
Sclera should be constantly on thr
lookout for a man or company ot
association of men willing to , un
dertake the manufacturing o
grape Juice here; at ' least on ; a
scale large enough to take care of
the demands of this section; witi
the ide"a of spreading out to na
tional and international propor
tions later.
Speculators' Methods Are
Protested by Governor
"Oregon demands an immediate
and thorough investigation, of the
Chicago board of trade methods In
recent , .manipulations , Ot grain
prices" Governor VleVce telegraph
ed President,. Coolidge iTuosday In
an effort to brin'the matter to a
head. .... j .
"Unquestionably-the market has
been controlled an4 millioBs tak
en front Innocent citizens by un
principled speculators." the : mes
sage continues,- "During the last
war our government prevented
such -speculaRolf; JWby not pre
vent it now?" .
New Hotel Salem
Where
Awaits You
Under direction of
Frank D. Blich
products are
our cities ;
thev attract
of our farms, j Oregon
VIEW OF
OF
The Varieties That Do Well in
to Plant Them and Where
Thinning Is Recommended
Institution
Editor Statesman;
The purpose of
this
article Is to
give a general view of grape cul
ture. A numbei of Varieties do
well in the valley, and the kind of
ii
grapes grown can be'goverhed by
personal requirements Among. the
blue varieties " j are Campbell's
Early, Early Moore, Concord, and
Worden; White varieties are Sweet
Water, and Niagara; tted varieties
arc Verdun and iDelaware..
Grapes are started by cuttings.
It being an easy and ready means
ot getting the yqung plants. The
cuttings should be made soon after
the vines become dormant in the
fall. These should contain about
four buds cut from 'young, well
matured wood. jOn the lower or
butt end make a slanting cut
close to the bud and on the upper
or top end lea re about an inch
of wood above tlie buid. The cut
tings should be tied in small
bundles with thejbutt jends togeth
er and place them in soil with the
butt ends up, and covr them over
with S to 6 inches of dirt. Handled
in this way .the J butt! ends, from
which the roots jwill be produced,
form a callous, while jthe top por
tion is kept in a dormant con
dition." When the cuttings are'set
out in the spring, the calloused
end is ready tq produce strong
roots at once, bejfore the buds de
velop sufficiently to take up the
sap and plant food stored in the
cuttings. In the spring put the
cuttings in a nursery ' row or hi
good soil and where they can be
kept well cultivated and irrigated,
if possible, during ttie summer.
The following spring they should
be set out iu the permanent lo
cation. The planting should be
made on 'well drjained soil, where
they will get sunshine and good
air drainage: j
H The planting distance depends
upon the variety, soii conditions,
and method of pruning. The
strong growing
varieties can be
set 10 x 10 feet, although a plant
ing distance which gives g feet
between rowyanji 10 jfeet between
the plants in the row will be
found satisfactory. "This will give
the necessary gfowing, space for
the roots and good circulation ot
air for the vines!
After planting.
keep well cultivated so as to pro
duce as strong and j vigorous a
plant as possible the first year.
The Pruning Methods
This first year no support or
pruning is necessary, although the
young canes should be tied to a
stake to get them out of the way
for cultivating. The following
winter the vines phould be pruned.
The amount of pruning done will
depend upon thej growth. If small
growth - has been made, - remove
all but the strongest cane and cut
this" back to twjo eyes. . If one
strong well ripened cane has been
produced, cut this back o "the
height at which jthe head is to be
formed (about 54 inches) and tie
securely to the slake,
removing all
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Hospitality
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By STEWARD
establishing themselves in world markets; they make
new capital and new
farms produce a wider variety of profitable
spot on earth.
GRftPE CULTURE
THE STATE HOSPITAL
the Willamette Valley How
The Prunma Methods
Several Varieties at State
other canes. Both buds should be
allowed ' to develop, so i that the
plant will not be st back by the
accidental removalj of one. All
growth "starting from other buds
should be removed so as to con
centrate all the growth activities
into the two canes.- one of which
is to become the trunk of the vine
the succeeding year By the third
year-the vines should have erect,
straight stems, with two or more
cane! for the head and from which
the vine can be renewed each
year. j ! j ,. '
In the pruning of bearing Tines
there are - several jdif ferernt sys
tfms, some Of which are more or
less complicated and require a
trellis, and somej that require
much time for pruning and tying.
I Whatever system is employed, it
Lis necessary to keep in mind that
the fruiting branches are always
produced on last season's growth,
that is, one year old canes. The
condition and also the vigor of the
plant should be taken into con-
jsideiation when pruning. One
j system used In commercial vine
I yards and well adapted for the
j small home planting is what is
f known as the four! cane Kniffen
system. ! With this a trellis of two
i wires is used, the! bottom wire
auoui o muuea buutb mti.giuuiiu
and the top wire about 54 inches.
The Cane to form the main trunk
of the vine is cartied up to the
top wire and two canes are train
ed along each wire, making four
canes for each vln. Each "year's
pruning! consists id cutting away
-all the tops except the four most
t Vigorous cants produced; the pre
1 ceding season. With well estab-
nsnea vines tnese
back so as to allow;
are shortened
about 10 buds
to each of the upper canes and 5
buds for the two lower ones. Other
Canes coming out near j the main
f trunk can be cut j back to two
j buds, that is, spurp, for the pur
; pose of getting new canes for the
j next seanson's fruiting wood. The
j canes left should bte carried along
jthe wires and secured to them by
tying with siring, jprecaution be
! ing taken not "to tie too tightly
! toas to check the jflow of sap, as
the cane enlarges $lth growth,
j In this valley the vines can be
i pruned any time during the dor
mant season. Where possible the
pruning should not be done later
than the middle of the following
March. After that time the so
called "bleeding" of the vines oc
curs at all cut surfaces; and while
this is not serious, Jt is not a good
plan to prune when the sap runs
from the cuts. However, If the
vines have not been pruned at the
proper time, and jthe buds have
started to swell, ft lis better to dq
it then than not at all.j '
Thinning Recommended
- The removal of foliage from the
growing vines is not to be recom
mended. Grapes ripen best where
the fruit is in the shade. Thin
ning the fruit is a good practice,
Hotel
A Home i
Away from Home
: i
51.00 per Day and Up "
people; they provide a
for with j any system of pruning
and training, a vine often pro
duces more fruit than it can ma
ture properly. The thinest bunches
can be removed as soon as the
berries are well formed, resulting
in a decided improvement in the
remaining fruit especially as to
size and appearance.
Grapes do not require much
manure.: j A good rule to follow in
this respect is never to apply man
ure as long as the vines are mak
ing a satisfactory growth. A
growth that is firm, well matured
and moderate in quantity is more
satisfactory than long, rapid
growth, j When fertilizers are
needed, j use those with, small
amount of organic matter, such
as wood ashes, or commercial fer
tilizer containing superphosphate
and; potash. In the case of sandy
or; gravelly soils, a liberal applir
cation of barnyard manure can be
made with, satisfactory results.
Oregon State Hospital,"
L Lee M Lane, Steward
Salem, April 21, 1925.
(The (Oregon, state hospital
(asylum) has six acres of grapes;
all the varieties- mentioned by Mr.
Lane .being represented, with the
exception of Campbell'3 Early;
which variety he believes is better
for our conditions here than the
Early Moore; being somewhat
earlier, with larger -berries -and
larger bunches and consequently
larger yields. The six acres off
that institution produced last
year, 10,325 pounds of grapes. .
Editor) j ;
Steps Taken to Effect
Better Lighting in Schools
. NEW ; YORK. The National
Committee for the Prevention of
Blindness, seeking the protection
of school children from eyestrain.
is undertaking to acquaint every i
school teacher in the "United f
States with the principles of cor
rect lighting. To this end it will
send to the superintendent of
schools in every state, couny-6nd
city having a school population of
25,000 or more a communication
based on the code of lightng
school buildings prepared by ex
perts, aid approved as the Amer
ican standard. ; , ' ' I
The committee says its studies
indicate jthat 12 percent of Amer
ican s.chool children have defective
vision; -
Sport Revived for Anglers
Who Fish Merely for Fun
BATIt, England. The old time
sport of "manfishing" has been re
newed herej a human "fish" hav
ing been landed at one of the
bath swimming tanks in 7 min
utes and 35 seconds by Dr. Chas.
Begg, a well known angler of thi3
district. The "fish" was Albert
Canning, a Bath swimming master.
A ten foot rod was used, the
line being 1 attached to the head
of the swiruraey.iy means of a
helmet arid swivel. ,Pr. " Begs
played Jhli "catcljfe untfT he land
ed him exhausted; and In so do
ing beat bis own record of 18
years ago by exactly pne minute.
On that " occasioa aJSO Canning
acted as the "fish."
Have you anything you want to
sell or trade? The Statesman
classified advertisements will do
it for you. !
Bligh
-This cut Is usid -by courtesy of the
Associated Industries, of Oregon.
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
DID YOU KNOW that in4he
Concord (American) grape
mense f quantities; j that we
acres of cheap lands suitable for grape growing; that Sa
lem ought to be the West field of Oregon, and the Salem
district the Chautauqua grape belt of the Pacific Coast;
that Salem ought to have great jelly and jam plants, us
ing an immense annual tonnage of grapes; that there is
and will be money in grape growing, and a verr great in
dustry in this line is within; the grasp of Salem and sur
rounding country,1 and that there is now more interest
here than ever before in the! industry?
THE PLACE FOB GRAPES. BY PRDF.
! C: E: SCHUSTER! OF IE COLLEGE
i 1 1-. ; ! I, ! .i ,: 4 -
Campbell's Early Is Best for Our Conditions Best White
and Red Varieties and European Kinds Planting, Prun
ing and Training Systems, and General Care and-Har-vesting
' -j r :;;:-. '.'' '
Editor Statesman: :
Grapes are among the easiest
and most satisfactory fruits grown
or home use, but unfortunately
about the last one to be consider
ed by the majority of people. The
grape has a definite place in every
home orchard,' where the -location
is such that grapes will thrive,
and should be included in the list
of fruits when any one i is plant
ing, a home orchard. m ! J , . j
More emphasis will be laid on
the useT of the grape in the home
orchard: than for: commercial pur
poses. Except for i rather limited
acreage In a few ; local places,
grape growing in the "Willamette
valley should not be entered into
very extensively. :A small patch
ot grapes wheretthe jfruit la han
dled properly will, near: many of
the valley ; towns, return' good
profit, but any larger increase in
acreage will soon swamp the mar
ket and! break " the ' price. "The
shipping! of grapes, except for very j
short distances, will hardly prove!
satisfactory, j California can prcj
duce grapes so cheaply that wherie
any great shipping expense enteis
in the competition will be tob
great foi: local grapes. I I, i; - j
Grapes should be sheltered as
much as possible from the effects
Of possible frost. Where! the home
orchard is located in j a rather
frosty location, the placing of. tlie
grapes' adjacent! to buildings or
other sheltered locations', especial
ly the south 'side of the buildings,
will often aid in not only protect
ing them from the frost, but
bringing! out better quality of
fruit, due to the added heat of
such places.! A frost that will not
endanger other fruits is often dis
astrous to the tender foliage of
the grapes. It is a frequent oc
curence jto have the first growth
of the grapes hit by a frost, and
then the secondary growth come
out and; deveIP normally, with
the exception that the set of fruit
is very light. ; f f i-i j j ;, j ' ... j
If possible, the location should
be such j that good j air drainage
could be had for the grapes. Es
pecially jis ! this j necessary in j a
large or ! commercial plantings.
Sloping tracts of land in which the
cold air is drained ; away to lower
levels will afford the i maximum
protection ; against frost, i Warmer
slopes are advisable in growing of
this fruit. i Unless the heat is suf
ficient to raise the sugar content
of the grape up ! to the normal
amount, the quality of the fruit
is Inferior ; ( . . ,
For best results, deep, well
drained, friable soil is desirable.
Grapes ; are j deep rooted, so a soil
4 to 6 feet deep orr deeper is satis
factory. The lower soil need hot
be of the same, character as the
upper soil, but of a type through
which the grape foots can readily
penetrate. With a deep soil: Is
associated good "drainage, as a
high water table renders the soil
shallow, for the roots will not
grow through the standing water.
Seepage of! an expensive; character
is just as ! detrimental as is the
high water) table. While the soil
should be of a character that holds
moisture well throughout the seas
on, it should not be one that Is at
all water-dogged. iAt times artific
ial drainage for the home planting
will pay, but ih ylevr ot the large
amount of; land naturally well
drained. It would hardly seem ad
visable to drain land for commer
cial planting. ; Where j good lair
drainage is secured, ; good soil
drainage is usually round, though
many exceptions are to be noted.
The rery richest soils are not
necessary : for grapes. Soils with
medium fortuity.! deep and well
drained prove satisfactory. Of
course, soils can be too poor for
Salem district grapes of the
family can be grown' in im
have tens of thousands of
the! best growth of grapes. The
exact kind of soil is not a determ
ining factor in most cases, pro
vided, it meets the above require
ments. A fact often of more importance
to growing of grapes than fertili4
ty of the soil is one of the mois
ture content in the soil. In order,
in many cases, to maintain the
moisture where it should be it is
necessary to keep the soil fairly
well filled with humus, and thi3
in' most-cases necessitates manur
ing; or the growth of cover crops.
If, jwith the use of these mater
ials, the soil is kept in good con
dition, so farm the humus con
tent is concerned, the plant food
content of the soil will : generally
be taken care of. Moisture is more
apt; to be a limiting factor in more
soils than is the fertility, so that if
the moisture content is kept up bj
the use of cover crops or manure,
thej soil fertility itself will bs
handled.
"The' Willamette valley is prettj
closely limited to the growing ot
American grapes. These varieties
will grow and mature fruit in the
cool climate of this valley, while
most of the European varieties
will not thrive, with the exception
of one or two of the very earliest
varieties of European grapes. Tho
European grape demands a long
growing season with the maximum
heat and sunshine. We find that
many of the varieties commonly
grown in California fail to mature
under Oregon conditions, many of
them not even showing any indi
cation of sugar by the time the
fait rains begin, or the frost
catches them.
1 Campbell's Early Is Best
Of the long list-of -American
grapes to choose from, the Camp
bell's. Early is undoubtedly the
best for both commercial and
home use. This is the best early
grape we 5 have, and, due to its
earliness, it will mature well
w here the Concord, whieh is some
what later, will fail to mature
properly. Although the Concord
is one of the most popular varieties
in the eastern part of the United
States, it has not been as success
ful in Oregon as the Campbell's
Early, but can be used as a later
grape. The Campbell's Early i3
a good grape for handling on the
marKei, as it uas a reiauveiy
tough skin, and though considered
by: some ..not quite so high -in fla
vor as other varieties, it is a very
satisfactory grape. It can be
nicked at the regular time and
still will keep as long as the Con
cord or some of the later varieties.
The variety advertised exten
sively as the Island Belle is with
out question the Campbell's Early,
introduced under the name of
Island Belle.
A better quality grape for home
use is the Worden.
This can hardly be recommend
ed for commercial planting, as the
berry Is so tender that any hand
ling at all will break the berry,
pulling the skin open, making it
unsatisfactory for commercial pur
poses. It Is just a little later than
the Campbell's Early. Due to the
tender skin, it will not stand ad
verse seasonal conditions, as fre
quently are- met in this section,
being susceptible to injury from
rain. :
Best White And Red
For white grapes the Niagara
is undoubtedly the best, but It
has: about the same ripening time
as the Concord, making it a little
latej for many sections. Where
well ripened, it has a most excel
lent flavor and really should be
included in any of the home
plantings.
- For red grapes we have cone
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