. Catalogue of grape vines and nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Viticulture Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Fredonia, N. Y. 9 Chautauqua—This new white Gooseberry, was first found, several years ago, growing in the shade of some plum trees when our attention was attracted to it by the wonderful beauty and size of its fruit and robust habit of bush. We at once sent branches of it in fruit and leaf to noted Horticulturists for identification. Among them was the late Charles Downing, of Newbu
. Catalogue of grape vines and nursery stock. Nursery stock New York (State) Fredonia Catalogs; Viticulture Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Grapes Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Fredonia, N. Y. 9 Chautauqua—This new white Gooseberry, was first found, several years ago, growing in the shade of some plum trees when our attention was attracted to it by the wonderful beauty and size of its fruit and robust habit of bush. We at once sent branches of it in fruit and leaf to noted Horticulturists for identification. Among them was the late Charles Downing, of Newburg, N. Y. The report from each was that they did not recognize the variety and that it probably is a seedling of a variety of the English type. The first plants grown were planted on a warm, gravelly loam in the shade of an apple and peach orchard, excepting a few which were sent to the New York State Experiment Station at Geneva, N. Y., for testing. So long as the orchard remained, our plants were perfectly healthy and bore annual crops that were the admiration of all beholders. After a few years, however, the trees were removed and then the bushes commenced to mildew. This so discouraged us t hat we stopped their propagation, supposing all varieties subject to mildew, worthless. However, we soon received encouraging reports from the Experimental Station, saying that the variety was very valuable in spite of its tendency to mildew. That all varieties of the English type mildewed more or less and that the mildew could be readily overcome by spraying with sulphide of potassium, [liver of sulphur]. We tried the remedy and found it quite successful. In fact, we find it but little more expensive than spraying for the potato bug. We also find that other varieties of the English type, and some said to be of American parentage, even, mildew worse than the Chautauqua. However, the place to plant the Chautauqua is in the partial shade afforded by young orchards, where they are not lik
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