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Lindley. — A beautiful, bright red grape ; bunch large, berries large, tender 

 and sweet, with a delicious, sprightly aromatic flavor; is a good keeper, and a 

 prolific bearer ; ripens about with the Hartford ; vine a vigorous grower, at the 

 same time being very healthy and hardy. 



Perkins. — A beautiful pale lilac or flesh-colored grape, with white bloom; 

 bunch medium to large; flesh sweet and juicy, with a slight foxy flavor; vine a 

 strong grower and a good bearer; ripens early. 



Agawam. — A beautiful red, or amber-colored grape ; bunch large and loose ; 

 berries large, teuder, and juicy, with a peculiar rich, aromatic flavor ; vine a 

 strong grower, healthy, hardy, and prolific; ripens about with the Concord. 



Martha. — An excellent white, or greenish-yellow grape; skin very thin; 

 meat tender and sweet; slightly foxy, but lacking sprightliness; bunch and 

 berry medium ; ripens with Concord. 



Lady. — A new white grape of fair quality, with thin skin, meat tender and 

 sweet, though rather flat, and, in fact, but little better than the Martha; 

 bunches medium, berry large, ripens with the Hartford. 



Goethe. — This is an excellent late grape, of beautiful appearance, bunch 

 large and compact, berries large and oval in form, of a yellowish green color, 

 tinged with red on one side, and, when fully ripe, is a rich amber, almost 

 transparent, strongly indicating foreign blood, and somewhat resembling the 

 Malaga ; flesh sweet and juicy, with 'a delicious aromatic flavor ; a good keeper 

 a strong grower, and very productive. 



Champion. — A new early black grape of medium quality, becoming quite 

 sweet when fully ripe; is a very robust grower and the most productive of any 

 grape I have tested; bunch medium to large; berries large and compact; 

 ripens with me 1st to 10th of August, and will remain on the vines for a month 

 later without shriveling; will make a profitable early market grape. 



In addition to those 1 have already named, I am now testing some twenty or 

 more varieties which will come into bearing next year, after which, if desired, 

 I will make known the results ; and feeling, as I do, that there is no other fruit 

 grown in this country that equals the grape, I earnestly desire that each and 

 every member of this society will make a special test of a few kinds, in hopes 

 that we may yet, not in the distant future, find the variety which will contain 

 every element of perfection. The person who will discover such a variety and 

 bring it up to perfection in this neighborhood will receive the grateful thanks 

 of the whole community, and will be sure of a large pecuniary reward. 



"We find in the sacred writings that a certain gentleman of high reputation 

 planted a vineyard in the neighborhood of Mount Ararat over four thousand 

 years ago, which is the earliest date I am able to establish when this favorite 

 pursuit of ours was undertaken by man. 



I cannot help but regret that the same authority fails to give us further in- 

 formation in regard to the success of Noah as a viiieyardist, but we have rea- 

 sons to presume that it was not a failure, as he seems to have gone into the 

 wine business soon thereafter and got deplorably intoxicated, and as is not un- 

 common in these days, under such circumstances, he became very abusive and 

 cursed a certain member of his family. 



Now, while I would recommend all to emulate Noah as far as planting a 

 vineyard is concerned, I would deeply regret that any one should follow his 

 later example as above referred to. But let us consider a moment in regard to 

 the fact that Noah planted a vineyard after the deluge. Now, the question 

 arises, where did he get his instructions in this branch of husbandry? and 



