so pood as the Isabella, It was, however, ten days earlier than tliat sort, and not mnch 

 dili'erent in tjuality from the Concord. Mr. Prince condemned it, in strong terms, as uiiso- 

 rablv foxv, and considered the Concord infinitely sux)erior to it. Mr. Heid considered it 

 utterly unworthy of cultivation, except in a cold climate, where the Isahella and others 

 could nut be ripened. He thought the Concord much superior to it. Mr. Barry concurred ; 

 he thought it entirely unfit for the table, except in cases of absolute necessity. Mr. Hovey 

 had never esteemed it as anything remarkable, but was disposed to think it valuable for 

 cold localities, where better sorts could not be grown. Mr. Grant thought its earliness its 

 chief merit ; he had found it to ripen a week earlier than the Concord. Mr. H. E. Hooker 

 considered it more foxy than the Concord, but quite as good. 



The Northern Muscadine Mr. Prince considered as belonging to the same class as the 

 variety last discussed. Mr. Buist observed that it had been brought before a committee of 

 which'he was a member, and that it was greatly against his will that he remained in the 

 room with it. The President made some hvimorous remarks on the disposition shown by 

 some persons to esteem their own productions too highly, and to recommend them so fre- 

 quently to others, as to become at length themselves convinced that they really were what 

 they had represented them. Mr. Thomas had been miich surprised at the pertinacity of 

 the Shakers in recommending this grape so highly. It Mas, as he had frequently told them, 

 no other than the common brown fox. 



The Concord, Mr. Downing had found a little larger and ten days earlier than the Isabella. 

 Mr. C. E. Frost had fruited it for the first time this year, and it had ripened six days before 

 the Isabella. Mr. Reid had also fruited it but once ; he considered it very hardy, a free 

 grower, nearly as good as the Isabella, and a week earlier. Mr. H. E. Hooker said that it 

 iiad ripened, with him, at the same time as the Isabella, and was nearly as good. 



Mr. Prince remarked at some length upon the natural adaptability of this country to 

 the culture of the grape — that it was exemplified by the fact that there were seven or eight 

 indigenous species, and one only in the whole of Europe, and that he had been at a large 

 expenditure of time and money in order to acclimate the foreign grape, but that he had 

 never succeeded in a single instance — concluding by expressing his opinion that we must 

 rely chiefly upon our native sorts, and that America was by nature destined to become more 

 renowned for grape and wine culture than any other country in the world — that it was the 

 "natural home of the grape, and the land of the vine !" The President was glad to hear 

 the remarks made by Mr. Prince, and concurred with him fully. He had no doubt of the 

 future importance of wine culture to this country, and was aware of Catawba brandy having 

 been already purchased at $5 per gallon, for exportation to France, for the purpose of flavoring 

 foreign liquor. 



Mr. Ernst made some remarks upon the injury which grapes had received from the extreme 

 cold of the past winter ; when Mr. Hanford, of Indiana, observed that, in his vicinity, grapes 

 had sustained a temperature of 31° below zero, without injury. 



The discussions on strawberries, raspberries, and blackberrtes, were exceedingly inte- 

 resting, and will be given next month. 



It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Association at New York, in the fall of 1858. 

 — Genesee Farmer. 



