nication, and Ave wish that your hopes 

 in the wild varieties you are trying to 

 cultivate may be realized. Please let 

 us know the results. From 3'our 

 description, yours should be an excel- 

 lent grape region, and we trust you 

 and your neighbors will .give the 

 matter due attention. 



You will find a cut and skeicli of 

 the Hermann in this number. 



We do not know about the practi- 

 cability of using sorghum in improve- 

 ment of acid must. So far, all the 

 sorghums, sj'rup and sugar we have 

 seen were in a very impure condition, 

 and we would not like to use them in 

 gallizing or improving must. We 

 have always used the most retined 

 sugar, generallv crushed or powdered. 

 —Ed. 



the hands of the Blutfton Wine Com- 

 pany, and their supply is nearly out. 



George Leich, Cleceland, Ohio. — You 

 ask whether we think the Cynthiana 

 will do with 3^ou, and where plants can 

 be had? If the Norton will succeed 

 with you, we think the Cynthiana will, 

 as their habits arc very similar, and the 

 latter is even a few days earlier than the 

 Norton. Rogers' No. 1 (Goethe) would 

 very likely ripen too late for you, as it 

 is a few days later than Catawba. 7/ere, 

 it is an excellent grape, productive, 

 hardy and healthy, and makes a very 

 tine wine. Nos. o and 9, we think 

 would suit you better. They are both 

 excellent grapes. No. o is as early as 

 the Delaware, witli much larger berries, 

 and we think just as good as it. No. 

 i) is also an excellent grape, and will 

 ripen eaily enough for you. 



The only reliable plants of the Cyn- 

 tliiana we know of now for sale arc in 



Pekin, Ills., March 19, 1869. 



(lEORGE IIUSMANN, HERMANN, Mo.: 



Dear Sir : — I write to know how is 

 the best way to pro])agate the Nor- 

 ton's Virginia Grape wood by cuttings 

 out doors. I have a large ([uantity 

 I wish to i)ut in this Spring. I see 

 j you claim thc}^ are very difficult to 

 propagate in open air. You will 

 please give me all the information 

 you can, jiertaining to this matter at 

 an early day as possible. 



Your friend, Samuel Miller, gives a 

 pretty clear idea on this ])oint in 

 question. I do not wish to fail in 

 this mattei*, for I have some 40,000 

 cuttings of the Nortons to put out,. 

 and I have no glass to spare to put 

 over them. Yours, truly, 



W. .). Smith. 



We can not give you much comfort 

 about growing the Nortons from cut- 

 tings in open air. Perhaps the 

 method given in our March number 

 will be the best yon can folloAv. 

 Grape-growers here consider them- 

 selves luck}^ if they average ten per 

 cent, of Norton's cuttings. We 

 Avould also advise you to mulch hca\'- 

 ily Avith saw-dust or s])ent tan, if you 

 can get it. Everybody should knoAV 

 by this time, that the Nortons, Cyn- 

 thiana, Arkansas, and Hermann, all 

 belonging to the same class, will but 

 seldom root from cuttings, and Ave 

 throAV away thousands of Norton's 

 cuttings every yoai-, simply because it 

 Avill not pay to try to gi-ow them in 

 open ail-. Editor. 



