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The Grape Cullurist, 



LIGHT GREEN GRAPES. 



Xo light-colored or white grape has 

 •ever been brought forward with so 

 equally good promise as the 



Crotox. — The vino is hard}*, vigor- 

 ous, and, to ni}" own observing knowl- 

 edge, is as productive as Concord. 

 It sets its berries uniformly to the 

 perfection of each and every bunch, 

 a character that no white or light 

 i^reen hard}' grape has yet exhibited. 



The Lj'dia is as rich and sweet, or 

 even more so, than the Croton, but it 

 does not form good bunches as a rule. 

 The Martha is good — quality not 

 equal to the Croton or Lydia, and, 

 although in some localities it fills one- 

 half or more of its bunches fairly, it 

 never can be depended on to give a 

 full crop of fruit, saleable in market ; 

 onedialf of its bunches must be eaten 

 at home, or go to the Avine press. 



The Mary is too late for any point 

 north of ^lissouri, and the vine has so 

 much of diseased Catawba in it (from 

 which it sprung), that disease is part 

 of its constitution. 



The Allen's Hj'brid and Eebecca are 

 both so mii]gled with the foreign blood 

 iis to render them quite unreliable, ex- 

 cept in isolated cases, and growing in 

 light, sandy, loamy soils, where they 

 have succeeded ; the labor and care of 

 them makes the fruit cost at least 

 fifteen cents per pound. 



The Maxatawnoy is now hardly to 

 be heard of; and even at the great 

 show in Philadelj)hia, just passed, it 

 took no position ; yet in some locali- 

 ties, in Missouri especially, it is really 

 a fine vai-iety ; but in all our Northern 

 States it mildews, and ripens only oc- 

 casionally. 



The Anna is of superior excellence 

 when it can be ripened, but, like Cuy- 

 ahoga, it matures too late for most 

 locations in the Xorthern Middle 

 States; and Avhen it goes »South ex- 

 hibits disease, inherited from its pa- 

 rents. 



TheAutuchon, from Canada, has had 

 great praise given by a mere examin- 

 ation of one or more bunches, grown 

 under high culture and most careful 

 management, but there is nothing to 

 warrant its continuance, or a hope for 

 its originator to base his reputation 

 upon. His Canada, a black gi'ape, 

 will do to talk about for a time yet, 

 but, like all the Rogers numbers, all 

 his other sorts must eventually go to 

 the wall. 



There, now, I have said my sa}', and 

 I wait for somebody to bring me out 

 again. — Frank Amon. — \_Moore's Ru- 

 ral New Yorker. 



[If that is all you desire, friend 

 Amon, we will try to be the " some- 

 body." We Avould like to know upon 

 what grounds you place the Croton, 

 an entirely untried white grape, ex- 

 cept, perhaps, in the garden or vine- 

 yard of its originator, so far above 

 all the other white grapes ? We like 

 to see new varieties brought forward 

 to the notice of the public, but we do 

 not like to see them extolled above ev- 

 ery thing else before they have had more 

 of a trial throughout the country than 

 the Croton, of which hardl v any ono 

 has had anj- experience except Mr. 

 Underbill himself. We should be 

 much pleased to hear, after five j'oars 

 from now, that it has proved as supe- 

 rior as you claim, but it cannot be 

 tested full}' before that time, and an 

 assertion such as you now make looks 



