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myself to the Concord as the most reliable and hardy grape for 

 field culture. 



The Hartford is a very good grape, but has the defect of 

 falling off when ripe. 



The Rebecca is tender, and liable to mildew ; it has been 

 killed to the ground in my garden for two years past. If it 

 was only hardy it would be a very desirable grape, as it is of 

 fine quality, though small. 



The Delaware is small in bunch and berry, hardy, and of 

 fine quality. It is a slow grower, and ripens late in this lati- 

 tude. It will probably ripen its fruit earlier when it is well 

 established ; it is yet new to this vicinity. 



The Diana is now well known and largely cultivated in Mas- 

 sachusetts. It is a small grape of fine flavor, liable to mildew, 

 and needs protection in the winter in gardens much exposed. 



The Union Village has a large berry, of good flavor, but is 

 killed to the ground in my garden every winter. 



The Northern Muscadine is perfectly hardy, of tolerable 

 quality, falls off when ripe. 



The Isabella has suffered much during the late severe win- 

 ters, and is dying out in many places ; it should be protected 

 in winter, and should, if possible, be grown on the south side 

 of a building or fence. 



The Catawba is too late for this latitude. I have ripened it 

 but once in twenty-two years. It is of fine quality when well 

 ripened, and perfectly hardy. 



Your committee have been obliged, for want of space, to 

 treat the foregoing topics in a very summary manner. Each 

 of them needs enlargement and elaboration from the results 

 of practical experience. Others have been entirely omitted. 



Therefore, to the foregoing returns we would subjoin the 

 last fruit catalogue of the American Pomological Society, 

 which has become an authority in this republic and in foreign 

 lands ; and although the varieties here recommended are not, in 

 some few instances, adapted to all localities, it will be found 

 valuable for the purposes of general reference. 



