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cuUivaliou. Makes a fine, dark red wine. Will not grow 



rc.idily from cuttings. Emphatically a wine grape. Union 



Wlajf, dark purple, blue bloom ; flesh pulpy, juicy, sweet, but 



•iot sprightly; vine tender v/hen young, but grows hardy, 



. and productive; ripens October. Not a first quality 



. ii very large and handsome, and, therefore, a very 



able "marjcet grape. 



The following are Southern wine grapes: — Taylor, or Bullitt, 

 I '^n; Lenoir; Blaml; Wilmington; Scuppernong ; Cunningham, 

 ' '. None of them are suitable for Northern cultivation 



1.. :.. . -n air. Tlie following are well worthy of further trial, 

 and it is more than probable that several of them will yet prove 

 fxcellent. 



Walter, lyes' Seedling, Rebecca, York Madeira, To Kallon, 

 (liable to mildew and rot,) Miles, Anna, Rogers Hybrids, numbers 

 "'" four, fifteen, ami nineteen; Alexander, Diana Hamburgh, 

 . • lan, Maxtawney, Rulander, (makes a most delicate and 

 Yaluable wine,) Bho'J^s Black, (one of the most productive,) 

 Arnold t number one, Black Hawk, Dana, Detroit, Hyde's Eliza, 

 M '^rr $ Hybrids. There are many new varieties constantly intro- 

 duc«l, which should be purchased with great caution. 



Insects injurious to the Vine are not so numerous or de- 

 ■tractive as those attacking some other fruits, but they are still, 

 more than plenty, and on the increase. They consist of caterpil- 



■ "8, lice, etc. The first object to be kept in view is the 

 • .. 'U of the moths and other egg-laying insects, before 



- '*y ^^^^^ «gg8; by fires in the vineyard, orchard, or garden 

 about twilight, at the time of their appearance, which is mostly 

 from the middle of June to the middle of July. Vast numbers 



■ be destroyed, and with every female are destroyed 



'• V lo two hundred eggs. The second main point is to 



•arefully pick off at the early summer pruning, all nests, webs, 



