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and Catawba, and other kinds could scarcely 

 be sold, chiefly because the people had become 

 familiar with the former, and knew nothing 

 better ; but all this is changing now ; the people 

 are breaking away from the bondage of names, 

 and are rapidly learning to appreciate a fruit 

 for its goodness and not for its name. Shrewd 

 men are beginning to perceive this, and are 

 wisely preparing themselves for the change. 

 Have we not chased the &quot; fox &quot; long enough ? 

 and is it not time that he were finally &quot; holed ? &quot; 

 We have no doubt that a time will come when 

 the merits of the last new fruit will be as 

 eagerly discussed around the stands of the 

 public market as they now are by pomologists 

 in &quot; learned assembly met,&quot; and possibly with 

 nearly as much intelligence and good taste. 



4th. Wine. For wine, the arrangement 

 will not vary much from that for the table. 

 It is as follows : lona, Delaware, Diana, Al 

 len s Hybrid, Oatawba. Our placing of the 

 Allen is altogether guess-work, for we have 

 never made wine from it, and do not know of 

 any body who has ; yet there can be no doubt 

 that it will make a purer and much richer wine 

 than the Catawba. It is not at all probable, 

 however, that it will ever be grown in quantity 



