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THE ZINFINDAL GRAPE. 



Hudson — medium size, firm fleshed, fine 

 colour, and good flavor; excellent for mar- 

 ket ; bears well in beds. 



Crimson Cone — a beautiful and fine fla- 

 vored late variety, very vigorous ; should be 

 cultivated in rows. 



We have tested a large number of varieties 

 the present season ; but the above are some 

 of the best. A considerable number of seed- 

 lings have also borne with us, for the fii'st 

 time, this year — some of them quite promis- 



ing ; but further trial is necessary before I 

 could say that they are valuable. 



The most productive varieties this season, 

 have been Scarlet Melting, Boston Pine, 

 Black Prince, and Burr's New Pine. There 

 does not seem to be much difi"erence in the 

 amount of fruit produced. 



The best, to my palate, are Burr's New 

 Pine, Large Early Scarlet, and Hudson ; and 

 for a late berry, Crimson Cone ; but tastes 

 differ. H. E. Hooker. 



THE ZINFINDAL GRAPE. 



BY DR. A. S. MONSOX, NEW-HAVEN, CONN. 



In the review of the doings of the Fruit 

 Convention, in the June number of the Hor- 

 ticulturist, speaking of the Zinfindal grape, 

 you observe that it was stated by Mr. Par- 

 sons, of L. I., and Dr. Monson and Mr. Ga- 

 briel, of New Haven, to be better adapted to 

 culture in the open air, in Connecticut, than 

 the Isabella, which on referring to the printed 

 report of the Convention, you will see is 

 an error ; but it is a very venial error, as it 

 can be easily corrected, and would have been 

 corrected before but for my not seeing that 

 number of your paper in season. 



In your July number, Chas. Robinson, Esq., 

 late Vice President of the N. H. Hort. Soci- 

 ety, and now my successor in office, seems to 

 have taken useless pains to impugn a state- 

 ment which he has taken for granted to have 

 been made by me. 



He says " our Secretary, Mr. G., did not thus 

 misrepresent that fruit, as I am assured from 

 iiis own lips. In fact he never cultivated it 

 except under glass, and that for one year." 

 I can assure Mr. Bobinson that neither Mr. 

 Parsons nor Mr. Monson ever did thus mis- 

 represent that fruit ; and to convince your 

 jeaders that we did not misrepresent it, I will 



refer them to the Convention's report, and 

 this also shows that we were not so misunder- 

 stood by the reporter. The subject of native 

 grapes had just been discussed before the 

 Convention, and Mr. Parsons proposed to add 

 to the list for cultivation under glass, the 

 Zinfindal, and observed, " it was a well known 

 hot-house grape, but succeeded perfectly well 

 in the open air." " 3Ir. Downing was scepti- 

 cal on this point, when Dr. Monson observed 

 there was no difficulty with it out of doors. 

 That it was better than most in the open air, 

 and not apt to mildew. He had cultivated it 

 for ten years, and knew but one season when 

 it did not ripen well, and then the Isabella 

 did not come any where near it in ripening." 

 As Mr. D. was doubtful, on hearing Mr. Par- 

 sons, my remarks tended to corroborate what 

 Mr. Parsons had said, and were only a plain 

 statement of what had been my own experi- 

 ence in ten years out-door culture of this 

 grape. 



I had no aim or pretension of thinking to 

 supercede the Isabella by this or any foreign 

 grape, for out-door culture. The Zinfindal 

 and all foreign grapes, require more care than 

 the Isabella. It is true most grapes pay for 



