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OTHER WILD VARIETIES. There are many other wild varie- 

 ties recently introduced into gardens, but which are of little or 

 no value for the table. Among these, the Cunningham and 

 Woodson Prince Edward, from Virginia, are pretty good wine 

 grapes, though the former is a shy bearer. Gimbrede's Hudson 

 and Ladies' grapes, as well as the Hyde's Black, Red River, 

 Perfumed Red, and several others, are Foxgrapes, with a strong 

 scent, and harsh flavour, of no value for the dessert, and un- 

 worthy of cultivation. The Troy Grape, Hyde's Eliza, and 

 some others, are varieties of the Isabella, in noway remarkable. 

 Worthington and Luff borough are recommended by Adlum for 

 wine ; we have found them harsh and worthless for the dessert. 



Selection of foreign grapes for hardy culture. Royal Musca- 

 dine, Early Black July, Early White Malvasie, Black Prince. 



Selection of foreign grapes for a vinery. Black Hamburgh, 

 White Muscat of Alexandria, White Frontignan, Royal Musca- 

 dine, West's St. Peters, Red Frontignan. 



Selection of native grapes for a small garden. Catawba, 

 Bland, Ohio, Lenoir, Isabella. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE MULBERRY. 



Morus, Tourn. Urticacece, of botanists. 

 Afuner, of the French ; Maulbeerbaum, German ; Moro, Italian ; Morel, Spanish, 



THE Mulberry is a hardy, deciduous fruit tree, but little cul 

 tivated in this country, though it is really a very considerable 

 acquisition to our list of summer fruits, and every garden of 

 considerable size, ought to contain one or two trees. The fruit 

 ripens in July, very soon after the season of cherries. It is 

 rarely picked from the trees, as it falls as soon as ripe, and it is 

 therefore the custom to keep the surface below it in short turf, 

 and the fruit is picked from the clean grass. Or, if the surface 

 is dug ground, it may be sown thickly with cress seed, six weeks 

 previously to the ripening of the fruit, which will form a tem- 

 porary carpet of soft verdure. 



The RED MULBERRY (Morus rubra, L.) is a native species, 

 more or less common in our woods, with large, rough, heart- 

 shaped or lobed leaves. The fruit is about an inch long, and 

 very pleasant arid palatable though much inferiour to the fol- 

 lowing sort. It bears transplanting well, or is easily raised 



