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The Coxookd Grape Again. — Mr. ITovet, in tlie December number of bis Ma^aziue^ 

 says, "It is Avith some liositation that wo again notice this fine Grape," and be goes on and 

 covers six entire pages in liis usual captious style. This we would not take the trouble to 

 mention, were it not that he has dragged iis in, with a view, very evidently, of making it 

 appear that we have not spoken fairly and candidly of tlie Grape, but that we are one of 

 a i>arty who oppose it from jealousy of Mr. Bull's success. Tliis is Mr. IIovey's ainn, 

 clearly enough, and be should be ashamed of it, — ashamed to range every man wlio Avili 

 not endorse his exaggerated discription of this fruit, as a jealous enemy to it and to its 

 originator. If be was not blind as a bat, (made bo by selfishness,) he would see that such a 

 course must lower him in the estimation of candid, intelligent men. 



We spoke of the Concord Grape according to the best of our judgment, and in a manner 

 which we shall have no reason to regret, we think. "We did not allow ourselves to be in 

 the least influenced by overwrought descriptions on one hand, nor by what this or that com- 

 mittee said or did. "We formed our judgment deliberately, after a careful examination and 

 corapariion of the fruits. After quoting our remarks, Mr. IIovey says : 



"Here are two or three errors. In the first place we never 'very positively asserted' that 

 the Isabellas he alludes to were Concords. We did, however, positively assert, and we do now 

 positively assert, that the Isabellas, so called, exhibited from Weston, were not Isabellas. In the 

 second place we have never changed our opinion ; and what is more, we have never been to Wes- 

 ton to see the vine from which the Isabellas were gathered. We did, however, pay the owner if 

 it, Mr. Cutter, one dollar for a little pdant to set out in our collection, which he duly brouglit 

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"And now, as Mr, Baru»' did not tell only half of the story about the Concord, we will fiiiith 

 it. Mr. Barky was one of the Committee of the Pomological Society to examine American fruits. 

 This committee attended to their duty, and after tasting the Coticord examined the Isabella; but 

 although there were fine specimens grown in Boston, where they are always two weeks earlier 

 than in the country, there were none ripe enough to eat. Fortunately for the committee, Mr. 

 Cutter, of Weston, Mass., had just tliat moment brought in some Grapes which he called Isabellas, 

 (this was the 14th of September,) splendid specimens, fally ripe. The committee tasted tliem, 

 and pronounced them better than the Concord, and quite as early, as they were as sweet as the 

 veritable Concords of Mr. Bull. It so happened that we were absent at our residence in Cam- 

 bridge at the time, but upon our visit to the Society's pavilion, we found quite an excitement, 

 and the welcome news that the Lobelia was not only better, but earlier than the Concord. These 

 Grapes we had not seen, as they were not on the table the day previous ; we proceeded to exam- 

 ine them, and at once pronounced them not to be Isabellas ; so certain were we that they were 

 not that old and well-known variety, that we invited Mr. J. F. Allen, of Salem, to examine tliein, 

 and give us his opinion. He at once concurred wilh us, and further stated that if they were 

 Isabellas 'he did not know what an Isabella was.' It is needless to say that Mr. Allen's judgment 

 about Grapes will not be called in question. But, to confirm his opinion, he offered to send the 



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