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the market. We like Rodgers' No. 15 whe7i we can get them; but 

 through all the vicissitudes of our capricious climate, for the last 

 five years, the Concord has withstood all the inclemencies, tied up to 

 stakes, and has not failed in that time to produce a bountiful annual 

 crop. On some exposed grounds, where clean cultivation had been con- 

 tinued into late summer, the surface roots of even the Concord were 

 injured by the deep freezing of the last winter ; but under any proper 

 management the Concord grape is decidedly more hardy than our average 

 orchards ; and if nature has ever produced any fruit that will never dis- 

 appoint our expectations, it seems to be the Concord grape. 



LIST OF APPLES RECOMMENDED BY A. C. HAMMOND, WARSAW. 



Sunwier. — Early Harvest, Early Joe, Red Astrachan, Golden Sweet, 

 Sweet Bough. 



Autumn. — Maiden's Blush, Mother, Fall Wine, Rambo, Bailey 

 Sweet. 



Winter. — Winesap, Rawle's Janet, Pryor's Red, Red Canada, Hub- 

 ardson's Nonsuch, Peck's Pleasant, Grimes' Golden, Am. Golden Russet, 

 Winter Sweet Paradise. 



