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shall give it further trial, and hope yet 

 to succeed in finding the proper locality 

 and soil. 



Brant (Arnold's No. 8). Fair 

 growth ; some mildews on leaf. 



Baruy (Rogers' 43). Rotted and 

 mildewed badl}' here. 



Black Hawk. Healthy in foliage. 

 We have not fruited it here, but have 

 good hopes of it. 



Blood's Black. Tolerably healthy, 

 productive, and very early. For an 

 earl}' market grape, it is very desirable, 

 though not very good in quality. 



Berks, or Lehigh. Suffered from 

 the same diseases as the Catawba, but is 

 of better quality. We will test it 

 further. 



Cassady. Dropped its leaves on 

 southern exposures, but did well on 

 eastern and northern slopes. No rot, 

 but some mildew on foliage. 



Clara. Only an amateur's grape, but 

 better than Allen's Hybrid, and more 

 healthy. One of the best in quality, 

 but too tender for general culture. 



Canada (Arnold's IG). Very ne 

 grower, and tolerably healthy. 



Creveling. Has done well on northern 

 exposures, but behaved badly in the 

 bottom and on eastern and southern 

 slopes. We cannot, as yet, form a con- 

 clusive opinion of its merits. 



Cornucopia (Arnold's No. 2). Strong 

 grower, and healthy. 



Diana, Mildewed and rotted like its 

 parent, the Catawba. 



Deveheux. Mildewed considerably, 

 though we are loth to gife it up, on ac- 

 count of its superior quality. 



Golden Clinton. Resembles Taylor 

 closely in fruit, but seems to set better. 



Foliage like Clinton. Subject to the 

 gall fly. 



Hermann. Healthy,vigorous and pro- 

 ductive again. We think it can be 

 safelj^ recommended as a wine grape, 

 for this latitude and further South. 



Hettie. Much like Isabella, but at 

 least not better than it. Unworthy of 

 culture here. 



Huntingdon. Set an abundance of 

 fruit, but rotted and mildewed badly. 

 We think it decidedly a poor stick. 



Ion A. Siiflered from mildew and rot, 

 but not quite as bad as the Catawba. 

 Is very unreliable here. 



IsRAELLA. A veiy poor bearer, and 

 suflered a good deal from rot and mil- 

 dew. 



Louisiana. Sound in foliage and 

 fruit here, but mildewed somewhat at 

 our former vine3^ards, at Hermann. 

 Bore splendidly at Mr. Miinch's 

 vineyards in Warren count}', INIis- 

 souri. Should be extensively tried, 

 as it will make a splendid white wine. 



Lenoir. Poor bearer as usual. 



LiNDLEY (Rogers' No. 9). Suffered 

 from mildew and rot, more than we 

 have ever seen before, but ripened its 

 wood well, and will behave better, we 

 trust, next season, as it has always been 

 healthy before. 



Marion mildewed and rotted badl}'. 



Mary Ann. Health}- and produc- 

 tive, as usual. Valuable as an early 

 market grape, as it ripens before the 

 Hartford. 



Massasoit (Rogers' 3). Rotted and 

 mildewed some here, on new, rich soil. 

 In our former vineyards at Hermann, it 

 did well, was healthy, and is of excel- 

 lent quality. It will, no doubt, make 



