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most localities. It is a good grower, with healthy foli- 

 age, blossoms perfect, clusters large and handsome, often 

 double shouldered, very fine in quality, pure flavored, 

 resembling lona in its best condition. It sets more fruit 

 than it can mature, and to produce best results a portion 

 must be removed. By this means, a vine on a stone 

 wall with an eastern exposure gives me an annual crop of 

 fine grapes. It has been, with me, more reliable than 

 lona, either on the wall or in open exposure. 



Among the more important later introductions tested 

 here since the publication of your first edition are the 

 following : 



EMPIRE STATE, which was originated by J. H. Kick- 

 etts of Newburgh, N. Y., and highly commended in its 

 introduction, has not proved generally successful. It is 

 a white grape, handsome and of good quality when well 

 ripened. It has a tendency to overbear, or the inability 

 to carry a fair crop to maturity. It is a good grower, 

 with an abundant and healthy foliage, large clusters, 

 berries medium, seeds few and small, with a flavor sug- 

 gestive of the Muscats or Frontignans. Its originator 

 claims it to be a cross between Hartford and Clinton, 

 but I am inclined to the opinion that it is a cross or 

 hybrid, with too much of the foreign element in its 

 composition. 



ULSTER (Ulster Prolific), originated by the late A. J. 

 Caywood, has many good qualities and will probably 

 attain a fair position among desirable varieties for gen- 

 eral use. The vine appears hardy and productive, of good 

 foliage, and is a moderate grower. The berries are me- 

 dium to large, with color like Catawba and a somewhat 

 similar flavor; medium early in ripening, and a good 

 keeper after being gathered. 



NECTAR, another of Mr. Caywood's grapes, which is 

 said to be a seedling of Delaware and which was at first 

 called Black Delaware, seems a promising variety. The 



