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THE CANADIAN HOR riCULTURIST. 



Is a hardy, rank grower, and very pro- 

 ductive. It ripens late, but is now ripe 

 with me. The bunches and berry are 

 small, and the latter have to be thinned 

 as the berries grow so close together. 

 The fruit is of a meaty consistency, and 

 not veiy good eating, but I should 

 judge will make a very good wine. I 

 would recommend it to any one want- 

 ing to cover a shed or fence. 



Burnet. — This is a very disappoint- 

 ing grape, and from my own expe- 

 rience is not worth growing. It is 

 very subject to mildew ; the berries 

 ripen irregularly, black, red and green 

 upon the same bunch, and some large 

 and others not larger than black cur- 

 rants. It is also late, not being thor- 

 oughly ripe yet. It is a good eating 

 grape when you can succeed in getting 

 a decent bunch. 



Rogers' 4-4- is a very handsome black 

 grape, and every person who has room 

 should have one. It is productive, and 

 with me hardy, and with the exception 

 of the " Cottage," the largest out-door 

 grape I have seen. It is later than the 

 Delaware, but still it was ripe this year 

 at the beginning of October. It is not 

 much .subject to mildew. 



Brant is a black seedling of the 

 late Mr. Ainold. It is a very hand- 

 some grape, and the foliage is also hand- 

 some. I'he flavor, however, has too 

 much of the fox or wild grape to suit 

 the taste ; I would not recommend it. 



Creveling is a good-eating, black 

 grape, and very early, as early with me 

 as the " Jessica." Its great faults are 

 that it is a shy bearer and the bunches 

 very straggling. I had some this year 

 with six, ten and twelve beiries on. I 

 would not recommend it to those who 

 only cultivate a few vines ; I undei*- 

 stand it makes a good wine. 



Alvey is a small black grape, rather 

 late, but usually ripens here ; is only 

 suitable for wine ; it is now ripe. 



Delaware, in my opinion, is about as 

 good a grape as can be grown. It has 

 its faults, but on the whole I have not 

 seen any to excel, and but few to equal 

 it. I have an impression, however, 

 that as the vine grows older the bunches 

 become smaller and the vine less pro- 

 ductive. I may be mistaken in this. 

 However, this year mine have been 

 very fine. I took the first prize at the 

 Industrial, and the three bunches 

 weighed I| lbs. I also took the first 

 prize at Hamilton ; the bunches weighed 

 1 lb. 6 oz. A great number of the 

 bunches were shouldered and the 

 berries v.ere of an unusual size. 



Rogers 5 is a fine grape, with what 

 I call an aromatic flavor. Mine, this 

 year, have had very straggling bunches. 

 There were grapes exhibited at the In- 

 dustrial Exhibition under this number 

 which were not the same as mine. 

 They were of a dark red color, whilst 

 the books say, and my experience also, 

 that this grape is of a bright or brick- 

 red. I have found it hardy and free 

 from mildew, but it wants plenty of 

 room. 



Brighton. — This is an excellent grape, 

 slightlyinclined to mildew. It ripens 

 fairly early. The bunches are not as 

 large as some of Rogers', but the ber- 

 ries are a good size and excellent flavor. 

 Every one should at least have one vine 

 of this variety. 



Rogers, 3. — I have not had much 

 experience with this grape. Mine 

 has boi-ne a few bunches this year and 

 I like them very much. The vine is 

 hardy and fairly early. 



lona is an excellent flavored grape, 

 but is too late to be depended upon in 

 this part of the Province. I have 

 ripened them and a better grape is not 

 to be desired. 



I would recommend to the amateur 

 the following : — White, Jessica and 



