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by the character of the fruit or the habits of 

 the vine. They are all a great improvement on 

 the wild native vine, and many o^ them are bet 

 ter than the Concord ; but they all have the 

 native characteristics strongly marked, while 

 none of them possess the peculiar character 

 istics of the foreign grape. We may instance 

 Allen s Hybrid as being strikingly different, in 

 these respects, from any of Mr. Rogers s seed 

 lings. It is to be regretted that Mr. Rogers did 

 not test them all, and make a selection of three 

 or four of the best, instead of putting that office 

 upon the public ; and yet we can not blame 

 him for not having done this, well knowing 

 the expenditure of time and money it involves. 

 Our knowledge of these seedlings, acquired by 

 six years experience, leads us to divide them 

 into three classes, according to color, making 

 No. 4 the type of all the dark ones, No. 1 5 the 

 type of the red ones, and No. 1 of the light 

 ones. No. 19 so strongly resembles No. 4, and 

 No. 3 so strongly resembles No. 15, that those 

 who have the former would find their collec 

 tion but little enriched by additional numbers. 

 There is such a strong; general resemblance 



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among these seedlings, that we should not be 

 much surprised to learn that one parent had 



