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been put upon the market the past season — perhaps tolerably 

 well colored, but still not quite ripe. Indeed, many of the whole- 

 sale dealers will answer the question " Who sends you the 

 ripest and best grapes ? " without even stopping to think a 

 single moment, — " Wh}^ Mr. A's or Mr. B's are always num- 

 ber one, but while Mr. C's are nice fruit, they did not hang 

 on the vine long enough, and are not quite ripe." In view of 

 these facts we have been asked the question more than once, 

 "What varieties of grapes shall I plant in my garden?" In 

 order to meet the requirement of one of the members of the 

 Society, who said to the Chairman of the Garden Committee, " I 

 have no fault to find, but I want to be told not only that you were 

 pleased with this one's place, and that one's skill, but how they 

 did it, and what you would recommend I should do," — we will 

 answer the one direct question, "What four or five grapes can 

 I plant in my garden with a reasonable surety in ordinary seasons 

 of having the fruit ripen ?" As far as our observation and experi- 

 ence go, and after conference with the Chairman of the Fruit 

 Committee, we recommend to the amateur, for this climate, the 

 Moore's Early and Hayes for early ; next the Worden, and later 

 the Concord and Niagara. 



Vineyard of Jonas P. Hayward. 

 The past season your Committee received invitations from Jonas 

 P. Hayward of Ashby, and Samuel Hartwell of Lincoln, to inspect 

 then- vineyards. Mr. Hayward entered two vineyards ; which 

 your Committee visited twice, the first visit being early in Sep- 

 tember. We found both vineyards in the highest and best possible 

 state of cultivation, and the fine clean handsome foliage and good 

 growth of wood such as is seldom excelled, while the crop of 

 fruit was certainly one of the evenest it has been our fortune to 

 see; indeed both vineyards, especially No. 1, afforded evidence 

 that Mr. Hayward had given thought and time to bring about the 

 best possible results. He makes the Concord the main crop, and 

 prefers Thanksgiving time to any earlier date for marketing his 

 grapes. At our second visit, on the 6th of October, the crop was 

 ripe, and it was om- privilege to taste as well as look. Several 

 other gentlemen accompanied the Committee at this time, all 

 practical growers, and we do not hesitate to pronounce vineyard 

 No. 1 to be one of the best vineyards of Concord grapes we have 



