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The Grape Culturist. 



how Mr, S. employed his hands at all 

 times or how they have erajDloyed them- 

 selves. 



Mr. Bush, in warning inexperienced 

 grape growers against beginning with in- 

 sufficient means, tells us that Mr. S. had 

 spent §10,601.50 without coming near 

 reaching success. In conformity with 

 the opinion of Mr. Bush, ten thousand 

 dollars are not an adequate capital ; how 

 much^ then, is enough to begin with? 



The essay of Mr. Bush is very well 

 worth attention and consideration, but 



I feel prompted to add the moral to it. 

 Success in grape growing requires the 

 right kind of soil, the right kind of 

 climate and localit}^, and the right 

 kind of a man also. Mr. S. undoubt- 

 edly is a very amiable and respectable 

 gentleman, but his own statements 

 about his management illustrate that 

 he is not fit to start a vineyard from 

 the woods. Respectfully, yours. 



G. G. 



Bluffton, Mo. 



THAT TAYLOR HYBRID. 



FiiiEND HusMANN : As 5'ou express 

 a wish to hear further aliout the hybrid 

 grape of which I wrote 3^ou in August 

 last, I will state that my favorable im- 

 pressions of tlie grape, as an improve- 

 ment upon the Taylor, were fully con- 

 firmed by the subsequent performance 

 of the vine. Although it was the first 

 year it had ever bloomed, and was onl^' 

 a single cane of the previous year's 

 growth, about six feet high tied to a 

 stake, it bore thirteen bunches of grapes, 

 compact, and handsome ; some shoul- 

 dered, others not. They did not all 

 fully ripen when frost killed the foli- 

 age — probably because of the too heavy 

 crop ; but the berries were larger than 

 I ever produced on the Taylor, and they 

 were of the peculiar veined or "grizzled" 

 red of the Grizzly Frontignan, its stam- 

 inate parent, or rather deeper in color. 

 I think its period of ripening will be 

 rather late for this locality. In qual- 

 it}'^, it seemed much like the Ta}^- 

 ior, but more juicy, and better flavored 

 than I have ever had it here. The foli- 

 age mildewed but little — indeed less 



than an}' varieties this season, except 

 those of the Concord family — and the 

 berries were free from rot. I think, so 

 far as I can judge from this season's ex- 

 perience, this hybrid will be found val- 

 uable in all localities where the Taylor 

 is desirable, with the additional advan- 

 tages of being more productive, produc- 

 ing compact and uniformly handsome 

 clusters ; and with berries of larger 

 size and better flavor. I am strength- 

 ened in these opinions, by the vigorous 

 and healthy habits and character of the 

 vine, during the past most unfortunate 

 season for both rot and mildew, that I 

 have ever known. 



Yours, most truly, 



Geo. W. Campbell. 



Delaware, Ohio, November, ISfiO. 



[We know friend Campbell is emi- 

 nently cautious, and therefore place all 

 the more value upon his communication. 

 He is not apt to speak at all about any- 

 thing until it has been fairly tried, and 

 therefore we have great faith in his hy- 

 brid.— Ed.] 



