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for this section of the countiy. If we can get a grape as good as the 

 Concord and two weeks earlier, we must be satisfied that we have 

 made some progress in grape culture, in which we are all so much 

 interested. N. B. White was awarded the second prize for his 

 seedling Madeira, which was about equal to those shown last year. 

 His Amber Queen appears to be an early grape and of good quality ; 

 but he has not yet presented any bunches that would make it a 

 valuable grape for the market. At the annual exhibition the show 

 was the most inferior there has been for many years, and but very 

 few prizes were awarded. October 3d, there was a little improve- 

 ment. Horace Eaton took the first prize for a collection, and had 

 some very fine fruit. J. B. Moore was awarded the first prize for 

 a single dish, for Concord. 



At the annual exhibition, J. B. Moore presented the following 

 list of seedlings: No. 17, black; large bunch and berry, quality 

 fair ; No. 54, black ; medium size bunch and berry ; No. 60, 

 black ; medium size bunch and berry ; quality good, resembles the 

 Isabella, but much earlier ; No. 16, a white grape with ver}^ thin 

 skin; fair qualit}' and good sized bunch; No. 31, also a white 

 grape with medium sized bunch and berry, quality first rate and 

 very early ; No. 33, bluish white ; good sized bunch and berry ; 

 bunch very close and compact ; fruit covered with a very rich 

 bloom. E. W. Bull presented his list of seedlings, as follows : 

 Shepherd, black ; medium sized bunch and berry ; it appears to 

 shed its fruit ; Lawson, a white grape ; good sized bunch and 

 large berries ; not ripe ; Rosalie, a red grape ; good sized bunch, 

 very foxy, and sheds its fruit ; Wales, medium sized bunch ; 

 not ripe ; Rockwood, a black grape ; good sized bunch and large 

 berry, resembling the Concord ; Early Black, good sized bunch 

 and berr}^ ; quality something like the Hartford ; Middlesex, good 

 sized bunch and berry, but not ripe ; Louisa, a black grape of good 

 quality, but not quite ripe ; Lizzie, white ; good sized bunch and 

 berry, but not ripe ; Annie, a white grape ; good sized bunch and 

 berry, not ripe. 



As the season has been very unfavorable for grapes, it is thought 

 best to omit any extended remarks cither upon Mr. Moore's or 

 Mr. Bull's seedlings, but to give the names and numbers only, 

 hoping to see them under more favorable circumstances and better 

 perfection, in future years. Hovey & Co. exhibited their new 



