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assigned that cognomen, with some lialf dozen synonyms, I 

 am inclined to the opinion that its identity is not yet estab- 

 lished, and that when opportnnity for comparison of the fruit 

 occurs, it will be found that it is not that variety — certainly 

 it is not if vines recently shown me at an extensive Eastern 

 commercial garden as that variety were true to name, and an 

 intelligent German attendant informed me he was quite fa- 

 miliar with it in Germany, that it had been imported from a 

 reliable source, and of its genuineness there was no question. 

 Between the vine there shown me as the Traminer and the 

 Delaware, there is no more resemblance than there is in the 

 Black Hamburg and the Catawba. Indeed, there is nothing 

 in the appearance of the Delaware that marks it as a foreign 

 variety, while its hardiness and exemption from mildew seem 

 to preclude the idea of its being one. Though its origin is 

 clearly traceable to the vicinity of a garden stocked with 

 foreign vines, and by those who introduced it here supposed 

 to be from one of them, my opinion is that it is an accidental 

 seedling", as all familiar with the vine are aware of the facility 

 with which the seed germinates and the young plants spring 

 up in the vicinity of those in bearing, and that some of them 

 should be permitted to grow and produce fruit in a large gar- 

 den might be reasonably anticipated. Again, raising fruit 

 trees, vines, &c., from the seed, seems to be, and for a long 

 time to have been, a perfect passion with the family who 

 brought it here, and they have a long list of seedling fruits of 

 various kinds in cultivation raised either by themselves or 

 their relatives in the East, and it is not improbable that this 

 may have originated in that way." 



The Wyman Grape. — Some time since we noticed this 

 new grape, and expressed an opinion from the account we 

 had of its history, that it might prove to be the Tokalon, a 

 variety introduced some years ago by Dr. Spafford, of Lan- 

 sinburgh, N. Y. We have, however, had an opportunity to 

 taste some of the grapes the present autumn, and are satisfied 

 it is not that variety, but one quite distinct and of quite equal 

 or Superior quality ; ripening rather late for our climate, but 

 yet, we think, full as certain as the Isabella. As it is a va- 



