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Mr. Thompson's Carpenter am] Grrant gresv finely ; wood, short-jointed and mature ; 

 foliao^e, very healthy. While Dr. Parker regards them doubtful for his section, I 

 regard them as certain of success here, as I do the Delaware or Hartford, and I 

 have great hope of their ultimate success as two of our choicest table grapes. 



Croton and Seuasqua are both very excellent grapes; growth, good; f(jlia<i-e, very 

 healthy. The Croton is the finest white grape I ever saw. Should Mr. Underhill's 

 " Irving" prove still superior (as he claims for it), it will be truly a treasure. 



I have two black grapes, the Worden and Paxton, which are very superior ; the 

 former as an early grape, the latter as a late ; both are very strong growers, hardy 

 as the Concord, and equally as productive; from the fruit of two years, I should 

 place their chance of success very high. 



Arnold's Hybrids are very fine in quality, yet the size of berry and bunch will be 

 a serious drawback to their popularity. 



Mr. Caywood's Hudson and Duchess are both very fine grapes, similar in growth 

 to Concord, and fruit quite superior. 



Perry's Siglar, a white grape of large size and early, delicious flavor, good grower 

 and quite hardy. This list includes all that have as yet shown their merits, while I 

 have a large number which have not fruited suflicient to judge them. 



I'cavs. 



Pears have been only moderate in quality of fruit, and have ripened much before 

 the proper season, owing, no doubt, to the excessive heat and drouth, but no blight 

 has manifested itself this year. The growth has been short but mature. 



Quite a number of new varieties have fruited for me this year, of which some are 

 very promising, and if in the next two years they show as many good qualities in 

 tree and fruit as they have the past few years, they will prove great acquisitions to 

 the list of hardy pears for Indiana. 



The Mt. V^ernon is an excellent pear, but Irora every indication now will prove a 

 late fall rather th:;.n a winter pear. 



Souvenir du Congres and Assumption are equal in quality to Bartlett, and quite 

 superior in size, and both ripen a few days before it. They are remarkable growers, 

 and this season have retained their foliage till frost. 



The Goodale is a favorite of mine, not only for its beauty and symmetry of tree 

 and its healthfulness, but also for the uniform size and perfect form of fruit. It will 

 seldom require thinning, as it sets just about sufficient fruit to mature right. 



Beurre Baltet, Barrone Leroy, Marshal Wilder, Notaine Minot and Doyenne Jan- 

 vier have borne sufficient to give a foretaste of their great excellence, while their 

 general habits of tree are all that is required, to show that they are adapted to this 

 climate. 



There may not be much profit (if dollars is the object), in having so many varie- 

 ties, but there is great pleasure in learning the habits of these different fruits, and 

 when we find them a success, we feel amply repaid, even if only one of five prove so. 



What horticulture wants is active, earnest men, who will labor for the benefit of 

 horticulture, as well as for the almighty dollar. 



Delphi, Indiana. 



