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soil, training or other peculiar causes, 

 we received the annexed interesting- 

 letter as a reply. Pray give us your 

 views about the value of the Clinton 

 here. The gall-fly makes us inclined 

 to reject this variety. If any of 

 Arnold's Hybrids flower at the same 

 time as the Clinton, it might be prob- 

 abl}^ advisable to graft or plant them 

 between the Taj'lor. 



Yours, &c., I. Bush & Son. 



Elsaii, Jersey Co., 111., Soi)t. 15, 1869. 



IsiDOR Bush & Son : 



Gentlemen : Your esteemed favor 

 of the 12th is at hand. In reply, my 

 Taylors are in the second year of 

 bearing. Trained to stakes, spirally ; 

 renewal — that is, fruited on last year's 

 growth. They are planted among 

 the Clintons. A few years since I 

 planted about five hundred Clintons. 

 Some failed to live. The next spring 

 Dr. Shroeder, of Bloomington, 111., 

 sent me some Golden Clinton, which 

 1 planted in the vacancies thus made 

 b}^ death of Clintons. These Golden 

 Clintons proved to bo Ta3doi"S. You 

 have seen the result. Now, let me 

 ask, can we aftord to grow Clinton 

 for the sake of growing Taylor ? Can 

 we not do better ? 



Make such use of this as maj' seem 

 best for public good. 



Yours, J. E. Starr. 



[Wo think l)ut very little of the 

 Clinton for general culture in Mis- 

 souri, although we have occasionally 

 found it very fine. Here, it was en- 

 tirol}^ defoliated by the gall-fly, while 

 at Morrison, just opposite, in the vine- 

 yard of Ml'. Jacob Eommell, jr., it 

 was perfectly healthy, and 3'ielded 

 largely. We have but little doubt 



that it is a good impregnator of the 

 blossoms of the Taylor, and think 

 that one vine among ten Taylors 

 would bo enough to bring about the 

 desired result. The question in re- 

 gard to Arnold's Hybrids we cannot 

 answer, as we have never seen them 

 bloom. Experience will show whether 

 they will bloom at the same time with 

 Taylor.— Ed.] 



Tazewell C. II., Va., Supt. 22, ls(i!). 



George Husmann : 



Dear Sir: I am the owner of a 

 copy of your work on "The Cultiva- 

 tion of the jS'ative Grape." Let that 

 serve as our introduction. I have 

 been giving some attention for the 

 last four 3'ear8 to the grape, not for 

 profit, but for pleasure. I have the 

 Concord, Diana, Isabella, and two 

 unknown varieties, the two latter 

 diftering but slightly, the berry of one 

 of them being smaller and sweeter 

 than the other. I could give you no 

 better desci'iption of this latter grape 

 than you have given in your descrip- 

 tion of Norton's Yirginia, in the work 

 referred to, except the juice of this 

 grape is a deep, rich purple. I bought 

 my present home in 1863, and found 

 there one vine each of these two va- 

 rieties. From what I can learn of 

 their history, they were brought from 

 Eichmond, Va., about fifteen years 

 ago ; were planted near the house, 

 with an eastern exposure, and some- 

 what shaded by a locust grove near 

 by. In this unfavorable location they 

 failed to fully develop themselves, and 

 consequently attracted but little at- 

 tention from myself and others. Five 

 years ago I began to propagate both 



