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from ^^lli(ll it oi!L':innto(l, ami of rxcollent promise as a wliit-^ jrrape ; 

 and on liolli ou-asions it was noted as much hcttcr tlinn IMnrtlia. 

 At first it \va3 thought to holil on to tiie bunch pretty well, but 

 afterwards the committee were disappointed at finding it shed very 

 freely. Mr. Bull states that such is not its habit; and it is to be 

 hoped that this will prove correct, as any grape, no matter what 

 other good characters it may possess, is wholly s[)oiled by this 

 habit, and must be unhesitating)}' rejected. No. 51 was a bli^dc 

 grape, with a handsome bunch and beny and meaty pulp, sprightly 

 and good. The committee have strong hopes that among the 

 seedlings either of Mr. Moore or Mr. Bull will be found a white 

 grape more perfect than any we now possess, and the}^ have 

 awarded to each of those gentlemen the Society's Silver Medal, in 

 recognition of their labors in improving the grape and their inter- 

 esting exhibitions of new seedlings. 



George Haskell, of I[)swich, exhibited, OctobLn' Ith, quite a num- 

 ber of hybrid grapes, of wiiich the best were No. 32o, with a good 

 bunch and moderate sized berry, of chestnut color, sweet and good, 

 with a trace of foxiness ; No. 74, medium sized bunch, black, with 

 a thick blue bloom, and somewhat meaty pulp, of fair quality ; and 

 No. 339, like lona, but paler, with delicate bloom ; berry medium 

 Bize,*pulp sweet and juicy. 



S. J. Parker, of lUrica, N. Y., sent, through Marshall P. Wilder, 

 a seedling supposed to be a cross of Chasselas on Delaware, which 

 he proposes to name either " Ithaca" or "Tucker's Parker" ; bunch 

 hardly of n^iCdium size, berry medium size, white, good color, but 

 showing scarcely any amber tinge ; skin thick, pulp tender, juicy 

 and sweet, but not to the centre. The foliage appears to partake 

 of the native element more than the fruit. 



J. F. Allen's seedling grape, which he has named the " Fisk," 

 was shown by him on the 25th of Octol)er. It is sweet, but not 

 better than the Isabella, and we are doubtful whether it will prove 

 earlier in exposed situations. 



While considering the above-mentioned awards to Messrs. Mooro 

 and Bull, it was remarked that this Society has never in any way 

 testified its appreciation of the most popular of all grai)e3, the 

 Concord, raised by ]\Ir. JJull, or of the valuable hybriiis by Mr. 

 Rogers. IL is safe to say that ^Ir. Bull has been the means of 

 affording the enjoyment of good grapes to thousands, if not mil- 

 lions, of people who would not otherwise have tasted them ; and 



