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WALTER 



sprang from seed of Delaware, fertilized by pollen of the Diana, and originated 

 with A. J. Caywood, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It has been for several years in 

 the hands of experimental planters, and frequently comes to the surface at our 

 Pomological gatherings, and accompanying exhibitions ; but although the 

 quality of the fruit is admitted to be satisfactory, its behavior does not seem, 

 as a whole, to have been such as to commend it to public confidence. The 

 best that can be said of it, for general purposes, is that it is still upon trial. 



KALAMAZOO, 



as most of us will doubtless recollect, has been before the public, upon the in- 

 troduction of Judge Wells of Kalamazoo, Michigan, for three or four years, as 

 a seedling from Ohio, of which the original stock was lost, leaving the variety 

 solely in the hands of Michigan men. It will be recollected that last year, at the 

 society'sFebruary meeting (if I mistake not), we read a note from one of the lead- 

 ing pomologists of Ohio, stating that he considered it at least probable that 

 this supposed new variety would prove to be only the resurrection of an old 

 sort, — the Bland or Bland's Virginia. Our informant encourages us to expect 

 further information on the subject, but, so far, nothing additional has reached 

 us. The fruit, as grown in Kalamazoo, is similar in color and flavor to Ca- 

 tawba, but decidedly earlier ; and, although by no means equal in quality to 

 that variety when well ripened, is so large and beautiful, both in bunch and 

 berry, that it is earnestly to be hoped that it may prove desirable as a market 

 variety for Michigan. We regret to be compelled to say that, so far, it seems 

 not to have manifested the requisite qualities for this purpose. Still, with the 

 very desirable market qualities of the fruit, it is to be hoped that the difficul- 

 ties in the way of its success, for such purpose, may yet be obviated. 



SEXASQUA 



is a hybrid between Concord and Black Prince, originating with the late Ste- 

 phen Underhill, of Croton Point, N. Y. It came before the public cotempo- 

 raneously with the Croton, and seems, so far, to have been partially eclipsed by 

 the more pretentious claims of the latter. Its quality is highly spoken of, 

 although Mr. Downing, in his work on fruits, remarks that "in consequence of 

 its thin skin and compactness of bunch, the fruit is apt to crack, especially in 

 wet weather." In our experience with it, we find its habit of growth to be 

 gtout and short-jointed, like Croton, and slightly like the Delaware, though 

 more vigorous. It ripens wnth Concord, or a little before. The question of its 

 relative value cannot be said to be yet settled. 



WORDEN" 



is a new grape, grown by B. Smith of Meridian, N. Y., and which does not 

 seem yet to have been offered for sale. At the recent (January) meeting of the 

 Western New York Horticultural Society, this was spoken of as a variety 

 " worthy of attention," and as having " much of the appearance of the Concord, 

 both in bunch and berry ; but it is perhaps rather larger than that variety, 

 distinctly better in quality, and quite as early as the Hartford." Several per- 

 sons doubted its qualities in some of these respects. 



CHAMPION AND TOLMAN'S SEEDLING, 



which had been supposed to be distinct varieties, were, at the same meeting, 

 pronounced identical by Mr. Lay, who also characterized the variety as inferior 

 on heavy soils. 



