The following table taken from Bulletin No. 408 of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station gives the ripening dates of grapes at Geneva, New York. It is necessary that the reader know something about the conditions affecting the ripening time at Geneva. The latitude is 42 deg. 50' 46". The altitude is 525 feet above sea level. The vineyard lies a mile west of a relatively large body of water. The soil is a cold heavy clay which must delay ripening time somewhat. The land is level. The data are given as an average for three seasons, 1913-1915. The figures given for "weeks in common storage" cover a variable number of years, but for all varieties three or more years. The grapes, after being picked, were at once placed in common storage in a room on the second floor of a building. There conditions were not ideal, and no doubt the season of storage would have been prolonged somewhat had the fruit been kept in a better storage-room. TABLE V.--SHOWING THE RIPENING TIME OF GRAPES ===================================================================== | WEEKS IN | | | | | | COMMON | VERY | | MID- | | VERY | STORAGE | EARLY | EARLY | SEASON | LATE | LATE -------------------+----------+-------+-------+--------+------+------ Agawam | | | | | * | America | | | * | | | Barry | 28 | | | * | | Beacon | 7 | | | * | | Bell | 8 | | * | | | Berckmans | 21 | | | * | | Black Eagle | 18 | | | * | | Brighton | 20 | | | * | | Brilliant | 11 | | | * | | Brown | 6 | | | * | | Campbell Early | 12 | | * | | | Canada | 17 | | | | * | Canandaigua | 20 | | | | * | Carman | 17 | | | * | | Catawba | 21 | | | | | * Champion | 6 | | * | | | Chautauqua | 10 | | | | * | Clevener | 13 | | | | * | Clinton | 21 | | | | | * Colerain | 8 | | | * | | Columbian Imperial | 7 | | | | * | Concord | 8 | | | * | | Cottage | 5 | | * | | | Creveling | 16 | | * | | |