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the verge of, if not beyond, its latitude. The vine is a good 

 grower, with dark green healthy foliage. 



Lady. — The Lady is the best of the white grapes, though with 

 us not so productive as the Martha. The berry is almost as large 

 as the best Concords, and when ripe is very light yellowish 

 green in color. The bunches are rather loose, of medium size. 

 It is a very sweet, melting grape, and as it ripens a little earlier 

 than Concord, may be safely planted in this section. It is not a 

 good bearer, and would not prove profitable for a market grape 

 for that reason. 



Moore's Early.— This is a black grape, that is deservedly pop- 

 ular where known. It is, perhaps, the earliest grape in our 

 vineyard. It is a vigorous grower, giving heavy canes with 

 large thick leaves, which drop long before all others in the fall. 

 In quality, Moore's Early surpasses the Concord, and is the best 

 black grape in our vineyard. All things consielered, we regard 

 it as the best grape for general planting in this State. 



Ives^ Seedling. — In this variety we find little to recommend. 

 The berries are medium in size, black, with no bloom, rather 

 sour, with a strong, foxy flavor. 



Worden. — This is, after Moore's Early, the most promising of 

 the newer black grapes. In habit of growth it closely resembles 

 Concord, of which variety it is a seedling. Our vines bore well 

 the past season, and we can safely recommend it for planting in 

 this State. It is to be preferred to Concord on account of its 

 earlier maturity, 



Brighton. — It bore a fine crop; berries of medium to large size, 

 dark red, with delicate bloom. The skin -is thin, the pulp very 

 melting and sweet, with a delicious vinous, slightly spicy flavor. 



I advise the planting of the following varieties: 



For the extreme north, Janesville and Moore's Early. For 

 the State at large, for general market and home use, Moore's 

 Early, Worden, Delaware, Brighton, Concord. 



I have about 2,000 Russian two-year-old grafts that I wish to 

 distribute this spring, and have received authority to make a 

 distribution from our younger orchard and nursery ground, ac- 

 cording to my own wishes. My plan was to take up two or three 

 specimens and distribute to horticultural stations throughout the 

 State; in the next place to gather and send a collection to county 

 horticultural societies; in the third place to find the most intelli- 

 gent cultivators and send a collection to them. Can you suggest 

 any better way? I thought I would not send out yearlings, of 



