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Concord, one-tenth Norton's Virginia, and one-tenth Hartford Prolific; (this last for 

 market.) There was a little rot on Concord the past year, and the Isabella rotted to 

 the extent of 25 percent.; other varieties were exempt. The Catawba was somewhat 

 preyed upon by the grapevine leaf-hopper insect. Delaware was damaged 20 percent., 

 Diana 25 per cent., Norton's Virginia 20 per cent., Hartford Proline 15 percent., Isabella 

 10 per ceut. As to produetivenes, ratine; Concord, as 1, he puts Hartford Prolific, 1 ; 

 Clinton, % to 1 ; Isabella, %\ Catawba, % ; Diana, 6-lOths ; Deleware, % ; and Nor- 

 ton's Virginia, %. Rogers' Hybrids, Nos. 3, 4, 15, 32, and 33, are rated very good ; 

 Iona, four years planted, 1ms only a few loose straggling bunches ; Isabella does not 

 bear at all. Taylor is good but unproductive, except where fertilized by adjoining 

 Clintous. Herbemont is a variety Mr. Starr is inclined to plant more of ; as also, of 

 Diana, for the pn pose of flavoring wine by an addition of ten per cent., to otber 

 grapes. The Concord, Herbemont, Clinton, and Norton's Virginia, as grown Id Mr. 

 Starr's vineyard, were very productive and excellent. Norton's Virginia had been 

 fruited on the canes, and on the spurs in adjoining rows, as an experiment; showed the 

 best results in the case of spur prunning. Mr. Starr's Catawba and Delaware wines of 

 1^07, were found to be of excellent quality, worthy alike of the year and the soil on 

 which they grew. 



At St. Louis, I attended the meeting of the Mississippi Valley Grape Growers' Asso- 

 ciation on the 8th of September, and saw a large and interesting variety of excellent 

 grapes. 



Among the leading varieties exhibited were Concord, Norton's Virginia, Herbemont, 

 Clinton, Hartford Prolific, Catawba, Delaware and Diana. The second best Concords, 

 the best Norton's Virginia, the second and third best Herbemont, the best Clinton, the 

 best Diana, and the best Iona grapes, were shown by our Illinois exhibitors. 



James E. Starr, of Elsah, Jersey county, exhibited very fine Catawbas, Norton's 

 Virginia, Herbemont, Delaware and Iona. 



E. S. Hull, of Alton, showed very excellent Clintons, Norton Virginia, Catawba, and 

 Herbemont. 



C. H. Henckler, of Waterloo, exhibited very fine Norton's Virginia. 



The finest exhibition of Missouri grape-, was made by B. F. Lazear, of Hannibal, whose 

 Catawbas, Concords and Union Village surpassed any thing shown. The largest col- 

 lection, embracing some very fine specimens, was made by George llusman, of Her- 

 mann, who exhibited some 50 varieties. 



Among tin- less known varieties, I took notes of the following : 



The Golden Clinton of Dr. Schroeder, as exhibited by Mr. Starr, seemed to be 

 merely an unsually full bunch of Taylor. It grew among Clinton vines, Mr. Slarr 

 informs me. 



Iona, as exhibited by Mr. Starr and others, was a beautiful and excellent fruit, and 

 in favorable localities may p088ibly succeed. Mead's Seedling, as exhibited by Mr. 

 Star, seems practically Catawba, and the two not enough dissimilar to draw a distinc- 

 tion with a difference. 



Cunningham exhibited by Mr. Husman and others, is one of the finest wine g: 

 and makes very handsome bunches of excellent fruit. 



Bulaader. Under* this name, both a native and European grape were exhibited. The 

 former, as I have seen it at the vineyard of H. B. Mcl'ike, of Alton, and elsewhere, is 

 one of the fiuest grapes we have met with, and to be commended to all growers of 



