490 Po7nological Gossip. 



Dr. J. A. Warder did not recognize any family of grapes 

 as the " Frost " grape. He moved it be passed as recom- 

 mended for cultivation for hardiness of vine, free from mil- 

 dew, early maturity, productiveness, and of value as a table 

 grape, — its qualities for wine being yet unknown. Passed." 



New Seedling Grape. — We are highly gratified to an- 

 nounce the production of a new seedling grape from a 

 native vine, fully equal to the Isabella, and ripening, at least, 

 ONE MONTH earlier than that variety. The gentleman who 

 produced it has promised us a full account of its origin, 

 growth, &c., which we shall give to our readers in our next 

 volume. Specimens of the fruit were sent us as early as the 

 middle of September, which were the very last of the crop, 

 and the Isabellas were then so acid as to afford no chance of 

 comparison of the quality of the two. The berries are round, 

 black, and covered with a dense blue bloom: Bunches as 

 large as the Isabella : Skin, thin : Flesh, tender, with scarce- 

 ly any pulp, exceedingly sweet and delicious. The vine is 

 exceedingly hardy, vigorous and productive. With this and 

 the Diana, every cultivator can have two grapes which will 

 always ensure him a crop of fruit in any season, supplying 

 the place of the Isabella and Catawba ; the latter of which 

 rarely ripens, and the former frequently fails to attain its full 

 sweetness in our New England climate. 



The White Blackberry. — Our correspondent, Mr. R. Man- 

 ning, sends us the following account of this variety of the 

 blackberry, which we have before noticed : — 



" This name is given to a pale-fruited species of Rubus 

 which has been introduced to notice by Mr. J. Shed Needham, 

 of Locust Vale, West Danvers, whose grounds I visited on 

 the 29th of July, for the purpose of examining the fruit, 

 which was then ripening. It is, as nearly as I can describe 

 it, of a lilac color, somewhat like that of a very ripe Sweet- 

 water grape ; shape like the Black ; size of the berries and 

 grains not quite as large ; of good flavor. The canes are of 

 a light green color, and are thickly covered with short, stiff, 

 green hairs. But what is most remarkable is its productive- 

 ness, in which it very far surpasses anything else of the kind 



