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Fancher, of Troy, N. Y. Having examined the 

 vine and the fruit on his grounds, we were led 

 to the conviction that it is identical with the 

 Catawba. We could perceive no difference in 

 the wood, foliage, fruit, and general habit of 

 the plant. It is affected by mildew and black 

 rot precisely as the Catawba is. The vine is so 

 situated as to favor its early ripening ; other 

 vines, similarly located, showed as much ma 

 turity as the Fancher. It is either the Catawba, 

 or a pretty exact reproduction of it, an opinion 

 which half a dozen or more examinations of the 

 fruit has only tended to confirm. 



SARATOGA. 



The Saratoga is also in possession of Mr. 

 Fancher. His published account says he got it 

 of Dr. James, of Waterford, N. Y., who received 

 it twenty years ago from New-Orleans, under 

 the name of Scaberan. This account leaves no 

 doubt whatever that the Saratoga and the Fan- 

 cJier are one and the same grape. 



WALTER. 



The Walter originated with Mr. A. J. Cay- 

 wood, at Modena, K Y. It is said to be a cross 

 between the Diana and the Delaware. It bears 



