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Mr. Fuller said that the Cuyahoga grape was a new variety 

 which promised well. The Ontario grape is the same with the 

 Union Village, and no better than the Isabella. It makes no dif- 

 ference what a grape is if it will not grow well. People seeing 

 the Rebecca grape set out hundreds of vines before they find out 

 its true character. 



Mr. John G. Bergen said that the Rebecca grape would grow 

 finely in the yard, but he who should adopt it for vineyard cul- 

 ture would make a fatal mistake. 



Mr. Pardee. — Perhaps a new grape was never introduced with 

 more care and authority than the Rebecca. It had been exposed 

 to the open air and they knew all about it. Just so long as peo- 

 ple would buy it at three to five dollars a vine it was an excel- 

 lent grape ; but when the price falls the nurserymen are discou- 

 raged, and some new variety, like the Cuyahoga, is trotted out. 

 The whole truth has not been told until very recently about the 

 Rebecca, and I hope we shall take breath before we recommend 

 any new grape which may be brought forward. 



Mr. Fuller. — We were told that the Rebecca vine stood there 

 all winter, but I have been told since that it was laid down every 

 winter. But suppose that it did stand there. We have a Black 

 Hamburgh in New York which has for years stood out of doors 

 without protection. Shall we recommend the Black Hambui gh 

 for out-door culture ? The nurserymen sutler more than other 

 people after all, paying five dollars a dozen for a new variety of 

 strawberry, for example, that is good for nothing. Every year 

 they pay a good deal for new things which fail, while they some- 

 times find one that will sell. He would not condemn the Rebecca 

 because it is now grown finely by some persons, but for general 

 cultivation it is not to be 1-ecommended. 



Mr. Carpenter remarked that the Bartlett pear can be pro- 

 longed by keeping it in a refrigerator. They can be kept until 

 December in this way. 



NEW SUBJECTS. 



The subjects of "Corn Fodder" and "Mushrooms" were selec- 

 ted for discussion at the next meeting. 

 Adjourned. 



