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grape which combines the greater number of desir- 

 able quahties sought. It is a cHmatic grape, like 

 every other, and doubtless flourishes at the north- 

 em limit of grape cultivation as can no other 

 variety. Again, it may not be adapted to vine- 

 yards south of Mason and Dixon*s Line, or in the 

 California grape area. The practical question in 

 any area is. What grape can be grown here, pro- 

 fitably, year after year? This means. What grape 

 of first quality, will stand the climate, fruit abund- 

 antly, bear regularly, and always be in demand? 

 Whether for table use, or for wine, the Concord is 

 unsurpassed. At the South Shore Wine Cellars 

 I was told that from this grape every brand of wine 

 known on the market may be made. The Concord 

 has never failed in the Lake Shore Valley, — a 

 record which cannot be claimed for any other 

 grape, any other fruit, or any other plant known 

 to the region. It ripens about October first and is 

 harvested during that month. It will hang on the 

 vine till spring and preserve some hint of its 

 quality. There are earlier and later varieties: 

 earlier, — ^Worden, Moore's Early, Campbell, and 

 Delaware; later, Catawba and Isabella, but these 

 two varieties have quite disappeared from com- 

 merce. The Niagara, a large white grape, ripens 

 with the Concord; also the Agawam, Brighton, 

 Hartford, and some eighty other varieties. But in 

 planting a vineyard one must consider the end, — 

 which is to raise grapes at a profit. Varieties to 

 suit the owner may be set, as it were, for table use, 



