The Lake Shore Grape Growers' Association Again. 



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present most valuable varieties are 

 chance seedlings. We name among 

 them the Cunningham, the Norton, 

 Cassady, Maxatawne}', and the whole 

 class of the Labrusea family almost. 

 It would therefore not seem to us that 

 the comparison with the tomato, al- 

 though analogous, would hold good 

 in regard to the vine. 



A new seedling, which has come 

 under our notice recently, would also 

 seem to indicate that most of the valu- 

 able varieties come by chance. It 

 has as yet, although a "habitation," 

 not even a "name." In the summer 

 of 1866, we passed through the vine- 

 yard of Mr. Tobias Glaserj about two 

 miles below Hermann, and he called 

 our attention to a seedling grape in 

 his vineyard, which, as near as we 

 could find out, is an accidental seed- 

 ling of the common Fox, or Halifax, 

 the tyj)e of the Labrusea. He wished 

 to hear our opinion about its merits, 

 and w^hether it was worthy of cultiva- 

 tion, or should be grafted. After 

 tasting the berries, we came to the 

 conclusion that they contained good 

 qualities for wine, and requested him 



to take care of it. A few days since 

 he called us to test a sample of the 

 first wine made of it, which we found 

 of such fine quality, that we persuaded 

 him to send a bottle to Alton, to the 

 exhibition of the Mississippi Valley 

 Grape Growers Association. He did 

 so; it was entered for competition in 

 the class of " best white or light col- 

 ored wine from any grape," and the 

 committee were so much pleased with 

 it that for some time they were in doubt 

 whether to award the premium to the 

 Taylor, or to this. The Taylor finally 

 carried the daj^, it being a heavier 

 wine, and, in the opinion of the com- 

 mittee, of more commercial value; but 

 they stated in their report that they 

 would prefer the now candidate as a 

 table wine, because it had a very fine 

 aroma, and a pleasant acidity, which 

 would induce those who tried it to 

 drink more of it. It was certainly 

 one of the best wines of its class there 

 exhibited, competed with Taylor, 

 Delaware, Herbemont and Catawba, 

 and will, we doubt not, make its mark. 

 Yet it is an "accidental seedling."]— 

 Ed. 



THE LAKE SHOEE GEAPE GEO WEES' ASSOCIATION AGAIN. 



meeting (which we partly published 

 in the March number), especially upon 

 the resolution excluding xdne from 



We have just received from friend 

 Griffith the following circular, calling a 

 meeting of the Lake Shore Grape 

 Growers, for the purpose of forming 

 a society independent of the present 

 Ohio Grape Growers' Association. 

 From all we can learn, there seems 

 to be general dissatisfaction among 

 them about the transactions of that 



their exhibitions. 



This is as we expected. We could 

 hardly believe that those who arc in 

 earnest about grape growing, the real 

 working, practical vineyardists, could 

 bear a part in such a resolution, which 



