46 JVotcs and Gleanings 



The Grape Exhibition at Canandaigua. — The annual Fall Exhibition 

 of the New York State Grape Growers' Association, which was held at Canan- 

 daigua, October 5 and 6, was a success, although the display of grapes and 

 wine fell far short of the exhibition of last year. The exhibition was held in a 

 spacious canvas pavilion capable of holding three thousand persons ; but a small 

 portion of its capacity was taxed during the exhibition. The extremely unfavor- 

 able season of 1869, for grapes, kept away many well-known growers who are 

 usually among the leading contributors to such occasions. Others, from sec- 

 tions which in ordinary seasons are prolific in grapes, came nearly or quite 

 empty-handed, with the dismal report of rot, defoliation, and unripeness in their 

 vineyards. Fully one third of the display of grapes came from Vine Valley, the 

 somewhat famous little dell on the east shore of Canandaigua Lake. Naples, 

 lying at the head of the same lake, contributed a large share of the fruit on ex- 

 hibition. The railroad embargo at the east, caused by the recent severe storms, 

 detained the exhibitors from the Hudson River region until the second day of 

 the Fair. Considering all things, the display was very excellent, and established 

 the fact that so varied is our State in topographical and climatic features, that in 

 any year there will be a sufficient quantity of grapes produced in some sections 

 of its area to redeem the crop from failure. 



Among the exhibitors from Vine Valley were, A. C. Younglove, Nichols & 

 Seelye, Hezekiah Green, Alexander Bassett, Albert Ayers, C. H. Perry, and 

 Levi Fountain. Each one of the exhibitors had some peculiar point of excel- 

 lence. The most riotable features of Mr. Younglove's collection were lonas and 

 Delawares of unusual size of berry and weight of cluster. Some of his Dela- 

 wares were nearly equal to Catawbas in size. Of lonas, in his collection, some 

 specimens, which were produced on garden soil at the base of the hills, were 

 very large, and the bunches heavy, while others, which grew on another hill-side, 

 were of lighter cluster, but superior in flavor. His Catawbas were remarkably 

 fine. 



The collection of the Ganundawah Grape Company, in charge of Albert 

 Ayers, embraced a fine display of grapes of standard varieties. 



Naples was ably represented by Hon. E. B. Pottle, J. W. Watkins, N. B. Reed, 

 Geo. Reese, Dr. J. W. Clark, S. W. Kimber, M. Eichberger, and A. J. Byington. 

 The latter exhibited grapes on canes, of lona, Delaware, and Isabella, which 

 attracted general interest, from the fact that he is an enthusiastic devotee of the 

 unusual system of pruning which has been recently brought before the public 

 by articles in various papers, from the pen of E. L. Underbill. The collection 

 of Mr. S. W. Kimber embraced an unusually fine display of Rebeccas, which 

 variety, he reports, is a constant and free bearer with him His location is on a 

 very dry, well-drained, gravelly subsoil. 



Hon. E. G. Lapham had the only collection present of foreign grapes grown 

 under glass. 



O. S. Redout, of Middlesex, exhibited some remarkably large and fine clus- 

 ters of Isabellas on plates and canes. The collection of R. B. Shaw, of Canan- 

 daigua, consisted of about twenty different varieties, including some fine clusters 

 of Crevelinsf. 



