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consequence. Very little rot on sandy 

 soil, but presents rather a sorry ap- 

 pearance. 



Cunningham looks well in fruit and 

 foliage, and we are fully satisfied of 

 its value hero. 



Catawba has rotted and mildewed 

 badly here and at Hermann — probably 

 three-fourths of the crop— and the re- 

 mainder ripens very unevenl}-, 



Cynthiana, Perfectly health}-, as 

 usual, and shows a full crop of well 

 ripened fruit. 



Delaware. The foliage mildewed 

 badly, and the leaves dropped early in 

 the season, consequently the fruit did 

 not ripen well. Free from rot, and 

 yielded with us at the rate of 4,000 lbs. 

 to the acre. 



Goethe. This has stood the season 

 remarkably Avell, with sound foliage 

 and little rot in fruit. We are glad 

 to have our earh^ i^redictions of its 

 value for the West so full}- verified by 

 all who have tried it. We expect to 

 see it take the place of the Catawba, 

 of which it possesses all the good 

 qualities for wine and the table with- 

 out its diseases, and think we can now 

 fearlessly recommend it for general 

 culture. 



Hartford Prolific j^roduced veiy 

 well, and rotted but little. 



Herbemont lost some of its fruit 

 by a kind of blight or dry rot, but still 

 has an abundant croj^, Avith healthy 

 foliage. 



Ives is not an early bearer, conse- 

 quentl}' had not much fruit the third 

 summer. Seems to be health}- and 

 vigorous; no rot, or very little. 



Maxatawney is also not an early 

 bearer, but the little fruit it had was 



healthy, also the foliage ; and at Her- 

 mann it produced well on older vines. 

 We think it can be safely recom- 

 mended. 



Martha rotted much less than Con- 

 cord; is reliable and uniformly pro- 

 ductive. 



Norton's Virginia. No rot worth 

 mentioning; some mildew on foliage; 

 has an enormous crop here, the largest 

 we ever saw, and seems to be particu- 

 larly at home on the sandy lands of 

 our river bottom, where the fruit is 

 larger, finer, and more abundant than 

 we ever thought it possible to be. It 

 has again proven that it is one of the 

 most reliable grapes we have. 



RuLANDER has a fair crop of fruit, 

 sound in foliage, and can also be relied 

 upon. AYhat the fruit may lack in 

 quantity, it will make up in quality 

 for wine. Should be planted on 

 southern exposures. 



Taylor. We hear good reports of 

 it from Hermann; and what few vines 

 we have hero on the hills did moderately 

 well; in the bottom it dropped its 

 leaves badly, foliage blighted and very 

 little fruit. It has rotted some every- 

 where, we believe, and altogether the 

 summing up does not seem to be very 

 favorable. 



Telegraph. This has stood the- 

 summer remarkably well, with clean, 

 vigorous foliage and healthy growth, 

 and but very little if any rot of fruit. 

 It seems not to bear very young, but 

 after the third year may be relied on 

 for a full crop, and its fruit is certainly 

 the best of all the very early varieties, 

 and will make a very good wine we 

 think. 



Editor. 



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