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full blossom the remaining first, as 

 well as newl}^ started second, and even 

 some of the third buds have fruit; 

 1 think there is not much lost, the 

 fruit is only not so evenlj- distributed 

 on the vine, as hy a regular start. 



Ives and Creveling, no fruit on 

 second bud. Clinton and Diana some. 

 The vai"ieties of grapes you send, give 

 full satisfaction. 



Please state through Grape Cultur- 

 ist, if the husks of the Cunningham 

 grape, after slight pressure for white 

 wine, then Chaptalized say with 80 

 gallons of sugar Avater to about llC 

 or 115° substituted for ever}- 100 gal- 

 lons of pure juice, after complete fer- 

 mentation on the husks — would it not 

 make as dark and good a red wine as 

 Chaptalized Cynthiana ? 



Yours truly, 



Otto C. T. Pfahl. 



[We are glad to hear of your suc- 

 cess with the wood we sent. Will 

 you not give us, through the Grape 

 Culturist, your method of starting 

 and managing them. Herbemont and 

 Cynthiana, are generally very diiS- 

 cult to grow from cutting. 



Your report about Mr. Hippies 

 vines only confirms our doctrine that 

 the grape is the most reliable of all 

 fruits. We wish him joy of their 

 recovery. 



Chaptalized Cunningham makes a 

 very good wine, but more resembling 

 Madeira, of brownish color, while the 

 Cynthiana makes a dark red wine, of 

 the character of the choicest Burgun- 

 dy-. Thus j-ou will see that they are 

 entirely different, though both very 

 fine. — Editor.] 



Oswego, Oregon, May 30, 1870. 

 Mr. Geo. IIusmann : 



Dear Sir : — Mj- friend A. B. lloberts, 

 of Walla Walla, had the Grape Cultur- 

 ist sent to me last year. I like it, and 

 wish it continued. The four varieties 

 of Eogers' Hybrids I received of your 

 company last fall will I believe all 

 grow, though some of them are slow 

 in starting. I dont see whj^ it is that 

 the rooted cuttings we get from East 

 of the mountains are so small com- 

 pared with those we make here. I 

 am done with the first stage of sum- 

 mer pruning. Followed j'our insti'uo 

 tions as near as I could. But in this 

 country the shoots at 6 inches have 

 not developed more than half the fruit 

 bunches, consequently they must grow 

 longer before they can be pinched. 

 Among all the vines I have (some 40 

 kinds), none grow faster than the 

 Delaware, some shoots of which have 

 grown 4 feet. It is also as great a 

 bearer as any. It seems to be per- 

 fectly at home here. 



I wish to try some of your best 

 wine grapes that will ripen here. I 

 think the Cynthiana will i-ipen as well 

 as Nortons & Louisiana. I have Her- 

 bemont, Lenoir, Pauline, and Lincoln, 

 alongside of the Delaware, Aliens 

 Hj'brid, Concord, Israella, Koyal 

 Muscadine, White Sweet water &c., 

 but the}' do nothing compared with 

 these latter kinds, but I shall give 

 them another trial on the south side 

 of a high butte or hill, and if they do 

 no better there I shall discard them 

 entirely. Most if not all our foreign 

 grapes have been brought here origin- 

 ally from California, and their nomen- 

 clature is all in confusion. As I 

 expect to raise grape vines for sale, 



