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all who have ever raised the genuine ^Northern Mus- 

 cadine, speak well of it, while it is constantly 

 sought after where best known, in preference to all 

 other varieties, notwithstanding some pomologists, 

 unacquainted with it, have decided against it for 

 reasons best known to others than to the suscribei*s. 



" Multitudes of spurious varieties have been sold 

 for this grape. 



"Jesse Lewis, & ) *„. „ 

 "D. C. Brainard. \^^' 



REBECCA. 



Described by the Committee on Native Fruits, of 

 the American Pomological Society, as follows : 



" The Rebecca originated in the garden of Mr. 

 E. M. Peake, Hudson, N. Y., about eight years ago. 

 Mr. Peake's garden is in one of the thickly settled 

 streets of the city, and nearly the usual size of a lot, 

 perhaps one hundred by one hundred and fifty feet 

 deep. Between the house and the street there is a 

 small flower garden. It was here that the original 

 vine grew. Mrs. Peake was about making some 

 alterations in her flower-beds, and this vine being in 

 the way, her gardener advised her to dig it up, as it 

 was only an 'old wild grape.' But disliking to 

 destroy it, she removed it with her own hands, and 

 planted it very carelessly in the garden, back of the 



