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THE llOGERS HYBRIDS 



have been so long and so prominently before the public that little need be said 

 of them. Of the entire list probably Wilder (No. 4) and Salem (No. 23) are 

 more sought after by planters than any others. We are persuaded that a re- 

 mark once made to us by Mr. Downing, to the effect that probably the whole 

 of them will, ere long, be laid aside for lack of quality, will prove to have been 

 prophetic. 



THE ARNOLD HYBRIDS 



were originated by Charles Arnold of Paris, Canada West ; Autuchon (No. 5), 

 from seed of Clinton crossed with Golden Chasselas, in 1859; Brant (No. 8), 

 from seed of Clinton crossed with mixed foreign pollen ; Canada (No. IG), from 

 seed of Clinton crossed with Black St. Peters; Cornucopia (No. 2), from seed 

 of Clinton crossed with St. Peters in 1859 ; Othello (No. 1), also a hybrid. 



These are in the hands of trial planters, and have, doubtless with reason, 

 excited some hopes of success, from the mere fact of their high northern origin ; 

 to which may be added the consideration that their female parent is but one 

 remove from the native wild frost grape of our northern forests. Their true 

 status as to hardiness, productiveness, etc., cannot yet be said to be determined. 



THE WYLIE HYBRIDS 



were originated by Dr. A. J. Wylie of Chester, South Carolina, and they attract- 

 ed much attention at the exhibition of the American Pomological Society at 

 Richmond, Va., in September, 1871, at which time they seem first to have been 

 brought prominently into notice. Mr. Downing, in his appendix, describes 

 two of them, — Janie Wylie and Peter Wylie, — both early sorts. Very little con- 

 fidence seems to exist of their success at the north, although some of them are 

 on trial among us, even in Michigan, with some favorable indications, of which, 

 however, we at least do not feel warranted in speaking confidently. 



THE RICKETTS HYBRIDS, 



if we are to judge from the very high praise meted out to them by certain mag- 

 nates of the pomological world, who have been among the very few privileged 

 to touch and taste these coming wonders, must be commissioned to create a 

 revolution in our ideas as to the possibilities of improvement in this direction. 

 There are said to be the results of a series of hybridizations between the native 

 and the foreign grape, and are alleged to have developed most surprising 

 results in both the quality of the fruits and the vigor and hardiness of the 

 plants. 



These are very numerous and are the results of a series of experiments in 

 hybridization by James H. Ricketts of Newburgh, N. Y. They have not yet 

 been offered for sale, and are understood to be nearly or quite all yet in the 

 hands of the originator. The very extraordinary statements respecting their 

 qualities and general promise are from the publications of a few persons who 

 have been permitted to take notes respecting some of them, when at maturity, 

 in the grounds of the originator. 



CAMPBELL'S SEEDLINGS. 



The gentlemen so prominently associated, so many years since, with the 

 introduction of the Delaware grape, Mr. George W. Campbell, of Delaware, 

 Ohio, a few years since produced and offered for sale a " White Delaware," 

 and some other novelties, which do not seem to have taken a strong hold upoH 



