Reports on Gra-pes. 



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a very fine wine, and, as it ripens with 

 the Delaware, is a much larger berry, 

 very productive, and of very fine 

 quality ; it would also be an attractive 

 market fruit. Should be generally 

 tried. 



Merrimack (Rogers' 19). Vigc^rous 

 grower, but showed rot and mildew. It 

 is a very handsome grape, and of fine 

 quality, but we think Wilder (Rogers' 

 4), which is of the same size and color, 

 and of even better quality, preferable 

 to it. 



Miles. Has had no fruit on yet,although 

 the vines were \%Yy strong and in their 

 third year. General characteristics of 

 the vine much like Ives ; foliage health}^ 



North Carolina Seedling. Some 

 rot, but a very large c rop in our former 

 vineyard, at Hermann. It can be de- 

 pended on, with long pruning to tame 

 down its excessive growth. 



Othello (Arnold's Hybrid, No. 1). 

 Vigorous grower in this its first year. 

 Some mildew on foliage, but it seems to 

 have ripened its wood well. 



Perkins. Always reliable ; a veiy 

 early grape, productive, and a good 

 market fruit. Most too foxy to suit 

 our taste> but very sweet. 



Pauline. This seems to be a failure 

 here, however fine it may be at the 

 South. Mildewed and rotted badl3^ 



Paxton. The only vine we have of 

 it made a wonderful growth its first 

 season ; foliage much like Hartford, 

 healthy. 



Rebecca. Badly defoliated, and we 

 think, belongs to the varieties that 

 '' have been." 



Rentz. Foliage healthy, vigorous 

 grower, but has not yet fruited with us. 



Salem. Did not bear here as yet. At 

 Hermann it rotted and mildewed, and 

 we hardly think it reliable enough for 

 our climate, though of very fine quality. 



To Kalon. So much subject to dis- 

 ease that it is not worth cultivating 

 here. 



Union Village. Rotted badly, and is 

 in every respect inferior to Wilder, 

 which is equal to it in size of bunch 

 and berry. 



Wilmington. Proved to be Catawba. 

 Whether there is a distinct variety un- 

 der that name, we do not know. We 

 have tried it twice, from different par- 

 ties, and found it Catawba both times. 



Walter. We are sorry to say that 

 this variet}' has utterly failed to warrant 

 its Eastern reputation here, the first 

 season of its trial. We were induced 

 to plant liberally of it in the experi- 

 mental viue3'ard here, as we were con- 

 vinced that its originator, Mr. Ca}^- 

 wood, was fully satisfied of its merits 

 there, and sold us the vines with the 

 express condition that they were not 

 to cost anything if thej' did not grow 

 entirely healthy and reliable. The 

 plants arrived in good condition, and 

 were planted carefully, on an excellent 

 piece of ground, well prepared. They 

 started finely, but lost their leaves after 

 the first spell of wet weather, and we 

 fear the most of them will not survive 

 the winter. It is only another illustra- 

 tion of what we have asserted long ago^ 

 "• that there is no grape, as yet, nor do 

 we think there will ever be one, which 

 can be relied upon in all parts of this 

 country." 



WEEiiAwacEN. This, strange to say, 

 although it shows its foreign origin in 

 every leaf, branch and tendril, has stood 



