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The Grape Cidlurlst. 



lent ; like a Red Chasselas, but larger 

 berries ; not full ripe yet. Perkins, 

 less ripe still, but sweet, with a little 

 native smack hardly to be called foxy, 

 less than Hartford or not inore, but 

 different ; planted last year. Creveling, 

 berries beginning to turn dark ; sweet, 

 but not much flavor yet. Delaware, not 

 full ripe yet. lona, turning to red. 

 Rogers' No. 1, green yet ; and Norton's 

 Virginia beginning to turn in color. 

 Delaware and lona had a littl6 mildew, 

 but did not lose their leaves, a sickness 

 most of the Rogers are more addicted 

 to here. 



The soil of the vineyard is kept loose 

 and free from weeds all the season 

 through by the use of cultivator and 

 small plow, and pronged hoes of course 

 between the vines. 



Yours truly, Chas. T. Schmidt. 



-Baltimore, Md., August 21, 1SC9, 



Messrs. Editors : In m}^ letter of 

 yesterday I guess I made a mistake in 

 the name of the grape similar to Rose 

 Chasselas, thinking by perusing 3-oar 

 description of grapes in February No. 

 it is No. 3 Rogers and not Maxa- 

 tawney. These vines were received 

 from a nursery in this town, whose 

 numbers of the ncAver kinds Avcre 

 somewhat mixed up. 



Yours truly, Chas. T. Schmidt. 



[You seem to be fond of the foxy 

 flavor, which to most people is offensive. 

 We think it one of the greatest merits 

 of the Creveling that it has so little of 

 it. The Ives may be as sweet as most 

 early varieties, but can certainly not 

 bear comparison with Delaware, and 

 many others, which were not yet ripe 

 Avhen you wrote your communication. 

 —Ed.] 



Cleveland, O., August 16th, 1S6!>. 



Friend Husmann : 



As you would like to hear how our 

 gi'apes around Cleveland are doing this 

 year, I have taken a walk through my 

 vineyard to-day and taken a few notes. 



Badly Mildewed. — Diana, Alvej', 

 Rebecca, Allen's Hybrid, Rogers' Nos. 

 4, 15, 32, 41 and 45, Salem, Creveling. 



Slightly Mildewed. — Concord and 

 Norton's Virginia. 



Good. — Catawba, lona, Israella, 

 Adirondac, Lydia, Union Village, Isa- 

 bella, Rogers' No. 3, Anna, Ellen, 

 Delaware. 



I find the Catawba better with us than 

 in any other place; at the Islands and 

 around Sandusky they will lose two- 

 thirds of their crop. This is the first 

 season that I have had any mildcAV 

 among my Concords and Nortons; but 

 we have ha0 a very wet season, and I 

 am surprised to see our grapes looking 

 so well. Yours, &c., 



John Spaldin(;. 



Le.xixgtox, Mo., August 2Gth, 18(59. 



George Husmann, Esq.: 



Dear Sir : In yowc August number 

 of the Grape Culturist information is 

 solicited in regard to the grape crop. I 

 have forty-two varieties, mostly obtained 

 from you — twenty-two varieties bearing. 

 My vines are 6 by 6 feet, on wire trellis. 

 I keep it clean from weeds. Vines two 

 to four years planted. I have lost about 

 one-fourth to one-third by rot ; the Con- 

 cord has lost about one-fourth; Catawba 

 one-half; Hartford one-third; North 

 Carolina one-fourth; Logan almost total 

 loss ; Mary Ann one-fourth ; Taylor 

 one-fourth ; Rogers' No. 4 one-half, 19 

 about one-fourth ; Hettie one-sixth ; 

 Maxatawney one-fourth ; Tokalon one- 

 fourth ; Clinton one-third ; Delaware, 



