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compact biinclic:; of little auil)ei' berries arc as pleasing to the 

 eye as any fruit that groAvs, and upon the tongue it yields a 

 delicious sweetness. The vine is latlier a sIoav grower, l)ut it 

 should be in every collection. 



Of the newer Grapes there were fine specimens of the Adi- 

 rondack and Isabella, both black, and of the amber Diana, 

 neither of Avhich can be ranked in the first class. The Eurae- 

 lan was not sIioaSui. A splendid dish of the " Lady Mallard," 

 a seedling from Lawrence, attracted the attention of the Com- 

 mittee, but on account of its inferior quality they Avere unable 

 to commend it. 



The exhibition of cold house Gi-apes was -ina]! and not re- 

 markable. 



The display of Peaches Avas inferior, and did not do justice 

 to the fruit-growers of the county, nor CAcn to a season Avliich 

 is eondenmed as unpropitions. 



Among these several exhibitors and claimants the Committee 

 distributed, according to their best judgment, the meagre pre- 

 miums and gratuities offered by the Society. These awards do 

 not l)y any means indicate in each case the exact measure of 

 merit, but are gi\ en in the best Avay they can be under the 

 necessarily somewhfit arbitrary rules of the Society. 



It is gratifying to notice the increasing interest that is taken 

 in jjrape culture. There is no fniit more Avholesome and deli- 

 cious, and none which will pay better for the lal)or expended 

 upon it, Avhether by the amateur in his city gar.^.en, for his OAvn 

 pleasure, or by the farmer in his vineyard, producing for the 

 market. There is a profit in it. ^ Tiic one solitary vine A\hich 

 may l)e planted in the lal:)orer's back yard and spread its beau- 

 liful foliage over his door and hang its j)urple clusters all 

 around his windows, is a sort of "farming by inches" which 

 may well be encouraged. 



Of the expediency of cultixatlng the grape as a field crop, 

 there can be no rpiestion. That the vineyard pays, has been 

 repeatedly demonstrated in ]Massachu setts and in Essex Coun- 

 ty. The capital re<|nircd is not large, the necessary labor is 



