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these prices : Delaware, Brighton and Martha, at 10 cents, Concord at 

 7^ cents, and Worden at 8 cents per pound. The earliness of Wordea 

 is shown by the fact. that we began picking them September 8th, and 

 Concords on the 22d,and even then the grocers complained so much of 

 the greenness of the latter, that we nid not pick any more of them for 

 three days." — Prairie Farmer. 



OUT AMONG THE GRAPES. 



The past has been a very favorable season for grapes at Mon- 

 mouth ; and if our readers wii) accompany us on a walk through our 

 specimen vines, of which we have a great number, we will point out the 



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good qualities and defects of the better known sorts. In order to cover 

 the ground we are under the necessity of making our remarks very 

 brief : 



WHITE GRAPES. 



Duchess. — Vine good, a strong grower and productive ; one of the 

 best in quality ; clusters large. Here we have a really valuable grape^ 



El Dorado.— ^ee description by Mr. Parsons in this number. It 

 fits the grape to an iota. 



Francis B. Hayes. — Vine equals Concord. For description of 

 fruit look on '' Our Fruit Table." 



GreiTCs Golden. — Vine good and productive ; cluster of good size 

 and showy j berries large ; it is a poor grapefor the table, and valuable 

 for wine only. 



Jessica. — Very early and of splendid quality. The fruit is all that 

 can be desired for an early white grape, but the vine mildews very 

 badly. 



Lady. — Vine good and productive; ripens early; desirable for 

 home use, but cracks so badly as to impair its value for market. 



Lady Washingt07i. — A rampant grower with good foliage and very 

 productive, but ripens late and is lacking in quality ; may be profit- 

 able for market, but cannot be recommended for the table. 



Martha. — Vine good and productive^; clusters handsome ; fruit 

 foxy and inferior in quality; profitable for market onl}^ 



Naomi. — Vine a strong grower, but mildews badly and fails to 

 ripen its fruit. 



iVm^am.— Fulfills the claims made for it, save that it proves un- 

 usually susceptible to rot and mildew. We think this is a hybrid. 



PocMington.— Vine sturdy and productive ; clusters very large and 

 handsome, but foxy, hard and cracking badly ; quite subject to rot. 



