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Mrs. Akin told me last week, they brought it from Duchess 

 county, N. Y., years ago. They call it a Fox Grape-, but it is not 

 the color of the fox grapes we knew east of the Mississippi; those 

 were like the Catawba, and large as the Muscadine of the South. 



This Akin grape is black, each grape large as the Concord; the 

 clusters larger and compact. Of course it is not a table-grape, is 

 sour, and best after frost. For cooking purposes is excellent; 

 makes delicious sauce, jellt/, jam, pies and ketchup. Then too, it is 

 an iron-clad; (may be a Russian.) Bore bushels the past summer, 

 even after last winter's abominable 40 and 45 degrees ! They never 

 give it any protection; has long since outgrown its trellis and runs, 

 in luxuriant abandon over two or three adjacent trees. 

 Yours, truly, 



HORTENSE SHARE. 



On motion of Truman M. Smith, the reading of the report 

 of the delegate to the American Pomological Society was made 

 a special order for this afternoon. 



