TlIK COWAN GUAl'K. — Tllli CONCORD (JKAl'K. 



TUE COWAX GRAPE. 



LY W. II. BAILEY, rLATTSBUlJGlI, N. Y. 



Annexed is a drawing of tlie 

 Cowan Grape — a variety wliidi, 

 although not of the liighcst qual- 

 ity, proves very valuable here on 

 account of its extreme hardiness 

 and early maturity. It was 

 brought to this place by Judge 

 Cowan, of Saratoga, (whose 

 name it bears,) about twenty-five 

 years ago; and, although not 

 very widely spread, has been cul- 

 tivated ever since. It is quite 

 distinct from the McNeil, with 

 which it is sometimes confound- 

 ed, having shoulders and conse- 

 quently larger bunches. 



The bunches are of medium 

 size. The berries are small, 

 black, with a deep bloom, pulpy, 

 juicy, with a very pleasant flavor. 

 The shoots are long-jointed and 

 strong. The leaves are very 

 large and thin. 



THE CONCORD GRAPE. 



BY JOSEPH BEECK, BOSTON. 



I WISH to invite your attention to a new seedling Grape, which has been raised in this 

 vicinity, and which, I think, will be a valuable acquisition to the country. It was 

 originated by E. W. Bull, of Concord, in this State, who has been engaged for some 

 years in raising seedlings from our native Grapes, and is the second remove from the 

 wild type. It has been in bearing four years, and has proved constant to its quality, 

 and has ripened a full crop on the open trellis when the Isabella, against the house, 

 has failed to ripen a single bunch. It ripens one month before the Isabella — its full 

 season being the 10th of September — and the first ripe bunch of this season was 

 shown at the room of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society on the third of Sep- 

 tember. It is large in bunch and berry, of a beautiful ruddy black, covered with a 



