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appearance, naturally, which to the 

 superficial observer looks like mildew, 

 but if 3'ou examine the leaf on the un- 

 der side, you will find it clean and 

 healthy, none of the rusty spots occa- 

 sioned by mildew. This is a charac- 

 teristic of the vine. It held its fol- 

 iage here perfectly healthy until frost, 

 on the ir)th of October. 



You are mistaken if you consider 

 wine, even when made of the purest 

 grape juice, a na^wraZ production. Wine 

 is alwa^'s an artificial product, and can- 

 not be made without an artificial pro- 

 cess, whether gallized or not; and it 

 requires more art and skill to make 

 poor grape juire into even a drinkable 

 wine, and to keep it from spoiling en- 

 tirely, than it does to make good wine 

 out of it, hj properly gallizing. Con- 

 sequently, 3^our argument will not 

 hold good. The little bird you speak 

 of is the Oriole, one of those foes to 

 grape culture who are only here when 

 grapes are ripening. We have no 

 conscientious scruples in waging war 

 upon them. — Ed.] 



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lONA, (Neak Pekkskii.l,) \ 

 VVESTCiieSTERCo , X. Y., October 8, 180J. \ 



Mr. Geo. Husmann : 



Dear Sir : We have the pleasure 

 of aclcnowledging letter from you, 

 bearing date September 30th, in reply 

 to ours of previous date. You say 

 "The Eumelan has lost its leaves 

 hero for two seasons in succession." 

 Now, Dr. Grant never sold any of the 

 Eumelan vines until the fall of 186':^, 

 and we have a record of all sent out 

 by him for trial previously, of which 

 we are assured not one vine went to 

 your place. jSTow, when 3'ou say the 

 Eumelan has lost its leaves there for 



two seasons, are you sure you have 

 the Eumelan at all ? 



Enclosed we send a copy of a letter 

 from J. Smith Horton, of Council 

 Bluffs, Iowa, who had the genuine 

 Eumelan from lona. See what he 

 says of it. 



Now, we propose to give you an 

 opportunity to try the Eumelan, and 

 will send 3'ou any number of vines less 

 than 500, of good quality, which you 

 shall agree to plant and care for in 

 the best manner ; and we will also 

 send fifty others to be planted in 

 your county, by a gentleman of skill 

 and integrity whom we will name, 

 and if the said fifty vines prove a suc- 

 cess for hardiness and vigor and en- 

 durance of foliage, then you shall pay 

 us our regular wholesale rates for the 

 vines you plant ; but you are to pay 

 not one cent if said fifty vines do not 

 bear themselves as well in every 

 essential particular as the Concord. 



We Avould suggest that you put this 

 letter in your Grape Culturist alsO; 

 with copy of letter from J. Smith 

 Horton. 



Respectfully yours, 

 Hasbro ucK & Bushnell, 



P. S. We admit the correction re- 

 garding the time that has transpired 

 since the introduction of the Concord 

 and Hartford Prolific, but repeat that 

 the Eumelan was grown side by side 

 with them for many years, and that 

 the Eumelan had grow^n there for 18 

 to 20 years. H. & B. 



[copy.] 



CoiNciL Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 30, 18G9. 



Messsrs. Hasbrouck & Bushnell . 



Gentlemen : I am pleased to report 

 of the Eumelan this year, that it has 

 made a most extraordinary growth, 



