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Tlte Grape Culturist. 



Eliza, Huntingdon, lona, Louisa, Le- 

 noir, Lincoln, Lj'dia, Manhattan, Maiy 

 Ann, Mammoth Catawba, Montgomery, 

 Mottled, Naumkeag, North America, 

 Ontario, Raisin, Rogers' Hybrids, Rog- 

 ers' New Rebecca, St. Genevieve, Swa- 

 tara, LTrbana, Union Village, To Kalon, 

 Underhill's Seedling, Wilmington. Wins- 

 low, Warren, White Sweetwater, and a 

 few others. 



Several of the above are the most 

 miserable fox grapes to be found an}'- 

 where ; a portion of fair qualit}', but 

 so very tender that without great care 

 the plant would be killed outright ; a 

 part of good quality, but tender, and 

 with disease as inherited from the com- 

 mon parents. 



With this experience, in which it is 

 said "fools" acc^uire knowledge. I feel 

 that time, moue}', and patience have 

 been lost with these Eastern excellen- 

 cies, and I ma}- well and truly exclaim, 

 "God save us from your seedling 

 grapes I" Ozark. 



In copying the above from Colman's 

 Rural Worlds we could not help think- 

 ing of the old adage of "poiu'ing the 

 child out with the bath." Ozark Avas 

 evidently in a bad humor, may have 

 experimented with a great many 

 worthless varieties, and, as we can- 

 not help but think, in a very unfavor- 

 able location. Of the latter, however, 

 we can only judge from his ill humor, 

 as he is pleased to leave us in the 

 dark about his ''habitation and real 

 name." But we will look at some of 

 his points somewhat closer. 



He would not have Mr. JJogers 

 continue his experiments, and de- 

 nounces most of his Hybrids as a 

 worthless class. Here ho " pours out 



the child with the bath." Some of Mr. 

 Eogers' Hybrids may . be worthless, 

 and no one could expect that forty-five 

 ; seedlings would aiZ be valuable grapes, 

 I but a number of them, among which 

 I are Xos. 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 19 and 22, or 

 Salem, we believe to be among the 

 best grapes we have, and we have 

 tried as many, and more, as '^ Ozark." 

 And, Avhat is more, we are not alone 

 in that belief, but hundreds of our 

 most intelligent vintners coincide with 

 us. Mr. Eogei's, we claim, has done 

 more for American Grape Growing, 

 b}- raising these Hybrids, than many 

 hundreds who make greater preten- 

 sions ; certainly more than Ozark, if 

 we are to judge from the tone of his 

 remarks. Would that these valuable 

 grapes had been named instead of 

 numbered. There Avould not be then 

 so much confusion about them. 



"■ The Concord is his grape, it is a 

 success." So it is, and no one can be 

 a Avarmer friend of the Concord than 

 we are. • It is the (if wo may be al- 

 lowed to express ourselves thus) meat 

 and bread of the masses— the poor 

 man's grape, which every body can 

 grow, and which makes the poor man's 

 wine, a delightful every day drink. 

 This we have said and claimed for it 

 years ago. Still, it is not a perfect 

 grape, and we can never hope to rival 

 with its wine the choice vintages of 

 the Rhine and of France. Therefore, 

 we want better grapes ; in grape 

 growing, as in ever}- thing else, our 

 motto should be " Excelsior." Let 

 him not forget that even the Concord 

 was a new grape once, and that it 

 woulil never have been disseminated 

 so Avidely if every one had been afraid 

 to try it. 



