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The Grape CuUurist. 



every leaf being in perfect health and 

 the wood ripening equal to, if not bet- 

 ter, than any other vines that I have. 



1 had some mildew on vines in 

 the adjoining rows, but none what- 

 ever on it. 



It set six bunches of grape, but 

 they were destroyed by a late frost. 

 J. Smith Horton. 



[The Eumelan was sent to Dr. J. 

 S. Hyde, at Portland, Callaway coun- 

 ty. Mo., only seven miles above us, 

 by Dr. Grant, for trial, in 1868, and 

 lost its leaves in 1868 and 1869. This 

 we referred to when we said it lost 

 its leaves in this neighborhood. We 

 never said that it had been tried in 

 this jylace, but Dr. Hyde's location 

 and soil is truly excellent, on one of 

 the richest bluffs on the Missouri river, 

 similar to our own, and the Doctor 

 himself a good and thorough cultiva- 

 tor. 



We gladly copy this letter, also the 

 one from Mr. Horton. According to 

 your own statement, no vines were 

 sold until the fall of 1868, consequent- 

 1}' most of the experience is but of 

 one summer; too slim testimony to 

 convince us that it will succeed every- 

 ivhere. We do not think that any 

 variety will succeed equally well every- 

 where. 



We accept your ]iro2)Osition, and 

 will tr}' 25 of the Eumelan. This is 

 as many as we wish to try, after our 

 experience with the Walter and 

 others. You can designate any one 

 in the county you wish, to try the 

 tifty you speak of. 



It would appear strange that such a 

 great acquisition as the Eumelan is, 

 according to your testimony and 

 that of Dr. Grant, should be entire- 



ly unnoticed for thirty yeais, al- 

 though the "■ grape fever " has been 

 at its highest stage for over ten 

 3"ears now. Strange, indeed, that this 

 shining light should be hid under the 

 bushel so long, with so many good 

 horticulturists in its immediate neigh- 

 borhood. — En.] 



Fredericksul'iui, Va., Oct. 14, isoit 



Mr. Sam'l Miller, Bhiffton, Mo. : 



Dear Sir : I have been a constant 

 reader, tirst of the Horticulturist, and 

 then the Gardener's Monthly, begin- 

 ning Avith the first number some ten 

 years ago, the four j^ears of bloody 

 war excepted ; and your name, with 

 others, is associated with very much 

 pleasant reading. 



But few have the means to go 

 largely into the business of wine- 

 making, particularly in this section, 

 which was the theater of the con- 

 tending armies for a long while, and 

 devastated as was no other portion of 

 the country. 



Mr. Weith, of Eichmond ; Buck, of 

 Front Royal ; Kibble, of Eoanoke 

 county, and Ilotopp, of Charlottes- 

 ville, have put the ball in motion, and 

 I, in an humble way^ am trjdng to 

 create an interest that, I trust, Avill bo 

 felt, to some extent at least, in ni}* 

 own neighborhood. 



I believe, from my own experi- 

 ments, that Ave have hero in Eastern 

 Virginia, at head of tide water, a 

 congenial climate and all other re- 

 quisites to be found elscAvherc for the 

 successful cultivation of the vine. 

 Mr. Saunders, now of Washington, 

 told me b}' letter years since, that 

 this was the region particularly adapt- 

 ed to it, and Mr. Knox has more 



