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The Grape Culturist. 



during our trial of the last five years^ 

 to obtain a good bunch of it. A slow 

 grower and a still slowea* bearer here. 



Aliens Hybrid. Yery good in qua- 

 lity, and, on account of the dry season, 

 it had better bunches than usual. It 

 is apt to mildew and rot, and cannot 

 be recommended for general culture, 

 though it is worthy of a place in an 

 amateur collection. 



Anna. Not worth planting herCj 

 unhealth}' and feeble. 



Alvey. Very promising in deep 

 soils, rich river bottoms, etc. Ex- 

 cellent in quality, and will make one 

 of the best red wines, but is apt to 

 drop its leaves on southern slopes. 



Arrott. Very similar to Cassady, 

 but not quite as good, nor as hand- 

 some a bunch. 



Baxter. Very large bunch, late in 

 ripening, but may be valuable as a 

 roi7ie grape here and further south. 

 Healthy and productive. Needs fur- 

 ther trial. 



Bloods Black. Always a full crop 

 of very neat, compact bunches, of 

 fair quality, somOAvhat better than 

 Hartford, and ripens a few days later. 

 Would pay well as an early market 

 grape. 



Concord. A very abundant crop, 

 as usual. As mentioned before, the 

 crop suflered somewhat from bursting 

 of the berries, but still yielded a very 

 abundant harvest, which promises to 

 make a very good wine. 



Creveling. This grape has not in 

 our opinion, received the attention it 

 deserves as a loine grape. Here, it 

 always bears abundantly, is a medium 

 grower, may be planted 6 — 6, on 

 northern and north eastern hillsides, 

 and makes an exquisite claret, inter- 



mediate between the Concord and 

 Nortons in body, and superior in fla- 

 vor to either. Very fine this season. 



Cassady. Another verv good wine 

 grape, Avhicli prefers northern slopes. 

 Especially fine this year, not subject 

 to rot or mildew, but will drop its 

 leaves on southern slopes. 



Clara. Very fine for the table, but 

 rather tender for general culture. No 

 amateur collection should be without 

 it. Eequires protection in winter. 



Clinton. Suffered somewhat from 

 late frosts, as it is one of the first to 

 bloom in spring. Makes a good wine, 

 intermediate between Concord and 

 Nortons. An exeedingly rank grower, 

 foliage subject to the attacks of the 

 gall fly. Produced well in some 

 vineyards, in others hardly any thing. 

 Eequires a good deal of room, aud 

 spur pruning on old wood, to bring 

 forth its best results. 



Cunningham. A very valuable grape 

 for southern slopes, in this latitude 

 and further south. As usual, healthy 

 and productive, where it had been 

 covered in winter; ripens late, and 

 requires here protection in winter to- 

 secure a crop. 



Cynthiana. Very fine again ; pro- 

 duces a red wine superior to Nortons, 

 always healthy, hardy and productive, 

 makes our best red Avine, but is very 

 hard to propogate. Several spurious 

 varieties have been sent out under 

 this name, and the public should be 

 cautious of whom they buy. 



Catawba. This has done better 

 this season, than ever since 1857, 

 owing, no doubt, to the very dry sea- 

 son. A very heavy crop of fruit of 

 fair quality. 



Delaware. Has produced vavj 



