*4 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



NOTES ON SOME GRAPES SENT OUT BY OUR 

 ASSOCIATION. 



The Buraet. 



E know of few grapes that there is such a difference of 

 opinion about, as the Burnet. I have had visitors pick 

 it out as the finest grape in my garden, while others do 

 not care for it at all. Some growers speak very highly 

 of it as a fine flavored profitable grape to grow, while 

 others say it is worthless, and both views may be correct, 

 as few grapes depend more on proper conditions to do 

 its best, than the Burnet. If planted in a warm sunny spot, well fed, and not 

 allowed to overbear, it is large in berry and bunch, a heavy bearer and the 

 highest flavored grape in cultivation ; more like a grape grown under glass than 

 any of our outdoor vraieties, but if planted in the shade of tree or house, it is 

 small in size and sour, very subject to mildew, and in unfavorable seasons also 

 •does not ripen. 



Prentiss. 



Either the introducer drew a very long bow when describing the quality of 

 the Prentiss, or it must depend on some peculiar quality of soil or climate, to 

 produce the best flavor. I had no fault to find with the quality or appearance 

 of the crop ; every year it was heavily laden with medium size bunches of 

 handsome green fruit, but so poor in quality that no one would eat them. 



Brighton. 



If there is any one grape that can be said to be the very best, that one is 

 the Brighton, though not without faults, its good points are so numerous that it 

 stands unrivalled among our outdoor grapes for amateur cultivation. Bunches 

 medium to large, compact and handsome in shape ; berry medium in size, of a 

 beautiful shade of red, skin thin, seeds small, flesh free from tough pulp and 

 remarkably sweet and delicious in flavor. What more would any grape lover 

 ask for ? The only weak points I can see in it, is that it is somewhat deficient 

 in pollen. It grows alone or alongside other varieties, with the same character- 

 istics, like Rogers 3 or 15, or Crowling, the bunches are sometimes open and 

 few in number, but if it is near neighbor to a vigorous pollen producing variety, 

 such as Concord, Niagara, etc., the bunches are large and compact and the yield 

 heavy. It seems also to be more subject to the influence of shade than most 

 grapes, to do its best it must have a warm sunny situation. In a favorable 

 location, I have picked bunches quite ripe on August 28, while the same season 

 other vines that were shaded by trees did not ripen properly at all. 



