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Poughkecpsie, and A. D. Voice, Esq., of Farmington, Conn., were 

 with the writer appointed a committee to make the test. In each case 

 two pounds of fruit were taken, and, after thorough mashing and press- 

 ing, the must was strained. The following is a summary of the test ; 

 and although the season has been unfavorable to the last degree for the 

 development of sugar in the grape, the figures compai^e favorably, I be- 

 lieve, with any public test previously made in the State. The instru- 

 ment used was the ordinary must scale of Oechsle. 



Isabella. 

 A. A. Smith, 

 Green & Mosher, 

 Nichols, Seelye, & Co., 

 Ganundawah Grape Co., 

 A. Bassett, 



Catawba. 

 Green & Mosher, 

 Vine Valley Grape Co., 

 Perry Brothers, 



Delaware. 

 A. A. Smith, 

 Perry Brothers, 

 Nichols, Seelye, & Co., 



Diajtas. 

 Nichols, Seelye, & Co., 

 A. A. Smith, 



Concord. 

 A. A. Smith, 

 Nichols, Seelye, & Co., 



lonas. 

 Perry Brothers, " " " Oct. 6, 97.* 



Two points in connection with this test may be w^orth especial men- 

 tion, namely : The highest figure in every instance was made by grapes 

 grown in vineyards having the greatest altitude ; and exposure, varying 

 from south-east to nearly west, made no obsei-vable difference. The 

 soil of the valley is a calcareous loam, with porous subsoil, in some 

 places inclining to clay, having an abundance of both flat and round 

 stone mixed with it. General exposure south-east and south, except at 



* Tested at New York State Grape Fair, at Canandaigiia, October 6. 



