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considerable excellence, viz. the Kitchen grape and 

 the North America, both seedlings from the Franklin 

 grape, which is also a variety first brought forward 

 by Mr. Hobbs, 



LISTS OF SELECT GRAPES. 



BY THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. For 

 general cultivation. Catawba, Concord, Delaware, 

 Diana, Isabella. Grapes which promise well. lierbe- 

 mont, Logan, Hebecca, Union Village. 



LIST BY 0. DOWNING, Catawba, Isabella, Diana, 

 Delaware, Rebecca, To Kalon, Concord. 



Our own views are that the Isabella is the most re- 

 liable grape for general cultivation at the North. 

 By proper culture, both the Isabella and Catawba may 

 be grown much further north than they are usually 

 found, and it is possible that amongst our neAV varie- 

 ties some may be found to excel there. The Diana is 

 now pretty well established, and is a most excellent 

 variety, and we would by all means encourage a trial 

 of the Delaware, which gives great promise. For a 

 garden, we should choose Isabella, Diana, and Dela- 

 ware with the Catawba when it will ripen. It would 

 also be well to plant a Clinton where the exposure 

 is not sufficiently good to warrant the planting of 



