SYNONYMi}, SEEDLING GRAPES, tec 



Nativk Cuapks. — One word as to native Grapes, and my ofloring for the present 

 shall be closed. 



Among those which have come to notice recently in this region, may be named — 

 Stctsoti's i\^o. 1, Amcs\ JOulTs, Richardsoii's, and Davis' Seedlings. These are all 

 earlier than the Isabella, but with the exception of the two first liave a slight touch 

 of the foxy odor, either in fragrance or flavor. The Richardson, although a seedling 

 from the Catawba, which, by the by, is the parent of many new varieties, ripens about 

 the 1st, and the others from the 10th to the 20 th of September. 



I am happy to know that attention has at last been awakened on the subject of 

 raising native varieties of the Grape, adapted to our own locations. Of these I have 

 tested more than twenty sorts which have lately fruited in New England, and I can 

 no longer doubt that we shall soon be abuiulantly supplied with American Grapes of 

 excellent quality. 



N. B. — If the BrinckU Grape should prove perfectly hardy, it will take a high 

 rank among the natives. 



V. S. — I find that in my article on New Pears, in your last number, I omraitted 



to give the description of the Beurre 

 Jades. Here it is : 



Bel?rre Judes. — Size — medium. 

 Form — pyriform. Calyx — open, in 

 a furrowed basin. Stem — rather 

 long, inserted without depression. 

 Skin — dull yellowish-green, rough 

 and thick, russeted, and stippled 

 with coarse dots. Flesh — melting 

 and buttery. Flavor — sweet, rich, 

 excellent. Season — early in Octo- 

 ber, of short duration. Core — me- 

 dium size. Seeds — numerous, long, 

 sharply pointed. 



The Beurre Judes has been ex- 

 hibited for some years, both under 

 this cognomen and that of Longue 

 de Maiikotjj (should be Longue de 

 Nakourts). The former is correct, 

 as we infer from the foreign cata- 

 logues. Itns described in Hovey^s 

 Magazine in 1851 as "without 

 much flavor ; rots at the core. It 

 has proved with us a very good 

 fruit, but liable to quick decay." 



