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it be the smaller varieties, as Clinton and Delaware, or the 

 larger varieties, as Concord, Hartford, lona, etc. In this 

 respect I place Delaware, lona, Union Village, and Hartford 

 at the top of my list, and estimating the product by weight, 

 my experience with the lona for the past four years, on the 

 flats of Ada, with prairie soil, and on the hill with sandy- 

 loam and clay soils, compels me to place it above all, not 

 excepting the Clinton or Concord. This success of the lona 

 in one locality does not prove it to be the most productive 

 variety. The Concord and many others may far exc^l it in 

 this respect under other circumstances. 



Before planting, a light coating of manure was spread over 

 the surface and cultivated in. The vines were planted about 

 the middle of May. 



GOODNESS OR FLAVOR. 



While there are a great variety of tastes, nearly all pronounce 

 the flavor of the Delaware perfect. Still there are some who 

 prefer the foxy flavor. Such can gratify their taste by plant- 

 ing Hartford, Concord, Blood's Black, Northern Muscadine, 

 Quinabog, and a host of the same sort, while those who, like 

 the speaker, detest that foxiness, will find gratification in 

 planting lona, Isabella, Delaware, Adirondack, Diana, Eumelan, 

 Rebecca, Allen's Hybrid, and the earliest of Rogers, and in 

 some place where they could'nt rob other vines, I would plant 

 Clinton's. These are all sufficiently early, and good as the 

 best, but I would lay them down in winter. But for a high 

 trellis, where this is not practicable, I would (in view of the 

 fact that many large Isabella vines were killed last winter) 

 plant Martha for white and Concord for black. Delaware and 

 lona might do for the lower two tiers, but the rampant growers 

 above would starve them. 



MR. HALDANE's ISABELLA. 



The " foundation of the city" and the march of civilization 

 are sometimes reckoned by the age of Mr. Halden's grapevine, 

 located on the corner of Justice and Fountain streets. Its 



