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Goethe — One of the finest table grapes grown ; leaf is fairly 

 good ; needs to be bagged to protect it from rot, but is worth all the 

 trouble. 



Green's Golden and Missouri Reisling — Both from the same lot 

 of seedlings and are equally of no value ; all rotted. 



Hays — From the same lot of seedlings as Moore's Early ; in 

 growth is about the same ; fruited this year for the first time ; no 

 rot. 



Mason's Seedling — Foxy in flavor; at least twenty-five per 

 cent, rotted. 



Moore s EarJij — Has rotted but very little ; all ripe and gone 

 a week before Concord is ready to cut ; this grape is growing more 

 and more in favor every year. 



Montejiore — Of no value ; ninety per cent, rotten. 



Noah — Another variety of no value ; from 230 vines not a sin- 

 gle perfect bunch ; all mildewed in bunch when about the size of 

 peas. 



Niagara — Not much more reliable than Concord; over fifty 

 per cent, rotten. 



Perkins — This variety rotted here for the first time; at Villa 

 Ridge it is the most profitable grape they have. 



Pocklington — Worthless ; rots from the time it is out of blos- 

 som until ripe ; why anybody wants to grow a grape whose smell 

 brings so strongly to their mind that unhappy aroma that lingers 

 around a small animal of the feline species, I have never been able 

 to understand. 



Vergennes — This is a fine grape and is a good keeper; has a 

 thick skin ; vine a little tender ; has to be bagged to protect from 

 rot, or all will go. 



Woodrufs Red — Another grape tbathad better have been dis- 

 troyed instead of being disseminated; rots very badly, smells out 

 loud, and drops from the bunch. 



Worden — About one-half rotted; does not rot as bad as Con- 

 cord, and is an improvement on it in every way. 



Wyomifig Red — About seventy-five per cent, rotten, though 

 generally it does nut. 



Marsala — A new variety of merit, that has not been very ex- 

 tensively advertised; bunch and berry large, somewhat foxy; color, 

 a very attractive red; although about ten per cent, rotted this year, 

 one is almost as sure of a crop of this variety as of Cynthiana. 



Jeicell — After seeing this variety fruiting three years, I con- 

 sider it the best early black grape in the market; extremely hardy; 

 best in quality; equal to the Delaware; ripe when Champion is only 

 colored; inclined to over-bear; requires short pruning and good 

 soil; entirely free from mildew, and as free from rot as the rot- 

 proof Cynthiana; bunch medium, with berry somewhat above 

 medium, and is well worthy a trial. 



