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in coloring; slow to ripen: very good when fully ripe: very attractive to 

 birds: hardly worth growing. 



Brighton— Brown grape of good size and best in quality. A good grower 

 and bearer; severely attacked by peronospora, consequently failing oftener 

 than succeeding. 



Cambridge— Those sent me not to be distinguished from Concord. 



Catawba — Too late for Minnesota. 



Centennial— "White, medium sized berry and bunch: rather late: does not- 

 show any fault, but not sufficiently tried. 



Challenge — Brown, medium size, small branches, fair quality: attacked 

 by white mould. 



Clinton — Not good enough. 



Concord— Black, large berry and bush; medium in time of ripening; 

 medium in quality; fair bearer; little if at all injured by mildews. 



Cottage — A Concord seedling; little earlier; inferior in every respect: dis- 

 carded. 



Creveling— Black, large berry and bunch, early and very good. This 

 variety seems to be the favorite of the purple spot mildew, which first 

 appeared on it, completely spoiled it, and disappeared when it was re- 

 moved. Other varieties were nearly or quite as severely attacked, but 

 have never shown the disorder since the removal of the Crevelings. 



Croton — White, medium berry, large bunch, early, very good; vine fairly 

 healthy, but weak grower. Grafted on a strong, wild stalk, it grew well 

 and regularly produced a fair crop. It is attacked by white mould and 

 peronospora, but not enough to hurt it much. 



Delaware —Before the appearance of the peronospora the Delaware was 

 probably the most profitable variety, yielding better crops than Concord, 

 and not materially injured by any of the other mildews. Since the ap- 

 pearance of peronDspora, of which it seems to be a favorite, it is worth- 

 less. In a new plantation it would, no doubt, succeed for many years. 



Diana Hamburg — Grew well for a few years, but fruit was spoiled by 

 some mildew, I forget what. 



Duchess— White, small berry, medium bunch, fair quality, medium earli- 

 ness, poor bearer, not attacked by mildew. 



Early Victor — Black, small berry and bunch, early; good quality, small 

 grower and poor bearer. Not mildewed. 



Eldorado— "White, medium berry and bunch, very early, good quality, 

 strong grower and good bearer. Not mildewed. The most successful of 

 recently introduced white grapes that I have tried. 



Elvira — A white grape from Missouri, an enormous grower and bearer, 

 but does not ripen well enough here. • 



Empire State— Did not ripen, but not sufficiently tried, good grower, not 

 mildewed. 



Etta— Too late. 



Eumelan — Black, medium berry and bunch, early, good quality, badly 

 attacked by mildew, and of late years entirely failed. 



Gaertner, Boger's No. 14 — Brown, large berry, medium bunch, very good 

 quality, severely attacked by white mould. 



Goethe*, Roger's No. 1— Light brown, large berry, medium bunch, very 

 good quality, good grower and bearer, rather too late. Better when not 

 colored than unripe grapes generally are, it was first brought out for a 



