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Size, large, about three inches long, and nearly three 

 inches in diameter : Form, obtuse pyramidal, regular, large 

 and full about the crown, rather suddenly tapering to the 

 stem : Skin, slightly rough, dull green, even at maturity, 

 much russeted around the base of the stem, considerably 

 traced, and conspicuously dotted with russet on the surface : 

 Stem, long, about an inch in length, rather stout, curved, and 

 inserted in a small contracted cavity : Eye, large, open, and 

 but little depressed in a small, shallow basin; segments of the 

 calyx, longj narrow, recurved: Flesh, white, coarse, melting, 

 and juicy: Flavor, sprightly, vinous, little perfumed and good : 

 Core, large, slightly gritty : Seeds, medium size, brown. 

 Ripe in October. 



POMOLOGICAL GOSSIP. 



The Delaware Grape. — Through the politeness of Mr. 

 A. Thomson, of Delaware, Ohio, we have been favored with 

 specimens of this new grape, believed to be a seedling origi- 

 nated in that place. It has attracted much attention among 

 cultivators in the West, and has been pronounced an old Ger- 

 man variety, known as the Traminer. These grapes were 

 accompanied with the following letter : — 



Dear Sir, — I take the liberty of sending you, by express, a 

 few specimens of the " Delaware Grape," a fruit that has 

 attracted no little attention during the past few years, among 

 horticulturists in this region, and which you will see described 

 in the '• Horticulturist " for November, 1853. Also in the 

 Transactions of the Ohio Pomological Convention of the pre- 

 ceding year, and further in the Ohio Cultivator of September 

 1st, 1854. 



The specimens sent are not a fair sample of the bunches, 

 though they are of the fruit, which this year ripened a little 

 later than ordinary, about the first September. My object in 

 sending them is to ascertain if it is known to yourself or any 

 other horticulturists you may be able to consult, or whether 



