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Rebecca. 



When at Hudson some years since to examine the original vine 

 of Rebecca while in fruit, another variety was spoken of as some- 

 what resembling the Isabella in quality, but several ^Yeeks earlier. 

 Endeavoring to see this and test its quality, the fruit was found to 

 be all ripe and gone — this vfas on the 12th of September — and when 

 the Diana and Rebecca were' in perfection, and the Isabella coloring, 

 but not ripe. It has since been introduced to public notice as the 

 "Early Hudson," and with many others of reputed merit for quality 

 and earliness, may ripen fruit here another season. 



The Strawberry, Sage^ Lowell Globe, Charter Oak, Fitchburg, 

 Amber, Limington Wliite, and some other native sorts, are consid- 

 ered proved sufficiently to warrant their being discarded entirely, 



