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KonTiir,u>- MuscAiuNE GnAi-Es.— We Imve received two boxes of the fruit of this new variety 

 from K. Fowler and P. Stewart, of Shaker village, Ivcw Lahanon, Columbia county, N. Y. The 

 Bpccimens first received were somewhat injured by conveyance, and we were unable to judge 

 properly of their merits. The second box contained bunches in a good state of preservation, 

 which ut^'orded a more favorable sample of their quality. They were carefully examined and 

 compared with fruit of the Diana, and of the Isabella ripened on the warm side of a building, 

 but were decidedly inferior to both of these in quality. Tliis sort appears to be an improved 

 seedling of .the large native Fox Grape, and is claimed to ripen a month earlier than the J«abdla; 

 if this is the case, it may prove valuable in northern latitudes, especially to those who like the 

 peculiar flavor of the Fox Grape. When these were received, however, the Diana, growing in 

 a wholly exposed situation, (which usually matures two weeks before the Isabella,) was fully ripe, 

 and is far superior in ilavor. 



The seedling Grape, sent with the above, and designated "Black Cluder," (wholly different from 

 the true Black Cluster, an old sort,) was not equal to the "Northern Muscadine," and we should 

 think unworthy of cultivation, while belter sorts are so easily to be had. — Country Gentleman. 



We saw this "iNtuscadinc" at Boston and considered it totally "worthless. No man should 

 either propagate it or offer it for sale. 



Grapes. — I send by Express a cluster of Grapes called the Canadian Chief, grown in this city, 

 on a vine three years old, supposed to have come from Virginia. It has borne from fifty to sixty 

 pounds this year, with hardly any care or cultivation. You will notice that they are hardly ripe ; 

 but all grapes in this section of the country are later this year. I think it is some thing new, as 

 it stands the winter as well as the Isabella or Clinton, and far better than the Sweetwater. It 

 beats every thing with u?, but perhaps it is common with you. If you deem it worthy of notice 

 please give your remarks in the pages of your journal. F. W. Feauman. — Hamilton, C. W. 



A very large and beautiful bunch of Grapes. A foreign variety beyond doubt, rescra- 

 bling the Svceet Watcr^ but more compaot, and larger and finer than we have ever seen that 

 variety grovrn in the open air in this country. We would like to know more of its liardi- 

 ness — how exposed — and whether it has borne there more than one season. 



TuE Dkuid IIir.L Peach. — It has now been several years since this valuable late Peach has 

 borne with us, and it has proved uniformly excellent through all the varying seasons. It rijiens 

 about the same time as Cravford's Late, and is siiperior to this, to the President, Morris' White, 

 and other late Peaches, in flavor. Average specimens this year measured seven to seven and a 

 half inches in circumference, and although the stone is small and thin, so thick is the flesh that it 

 gives the Peach rather an ovate form — the model form for Peaches. We have given specimens 

 to different pomologists, and they have uniformly pronounced it the best late Peach of its season. 

 This is the sort that is placed by Elliott's late work on fruits, on the rejected list, as unworthy of 

 any cultivation whatever. — Country Gentleman. 



We are indebted to -J. J. Thomas for an opportunity of tasting this Peach in perfection, 

 and we unhesitatingly class it with the very best late varieties. 



Kir.TLAND Pe.vk. — We have been favored by Lewis F. Allen, of Black Pock, with specimens of 

 this fine Pear, grown on his own grounds. They were about half the size of those we had former- 

 ly seen from Dr. Kirtland, doubtless in consequence of the drouth. They were found, however, 

 to maintain fully their excellent flavor, and were quite equal in quality to the best specimens of 

 the Gray Doyenne, with rather more of the peculiar S'xkd perfume. These are the first 

 as we know, that have fruited in this state. — Country Gentleman. 



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