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The Grape Culturist. 



forml}^ depended upon in this latitude ; 

 — and for this reason I have not jet 

 grown a single plant from it — nor 

 have I determined that it is really 

 worthy of dissemination. It how- 

 •ever seems to me, that wherever the 

 Taylor is desirable or valuable, this 

 hybrid must prove much more so. 



Of the many other seedlings and 

 hybrids which I have been producing 

 for nearly twenty years, I have but 

 very few that I regard as especially 

 promising. Of these I w^ill hereafter 

 ^ive you a more particular account, 

 when I can also send you samples of 

 their fruit ; for I always feel a hesi- 

 tancy about expressing opinions of 

 my own productions, without at the 

 same time affording to others, who 

 can have no partiality in their favor, 

 .an opportunity of judging of their 

 correctness. 



Two seedlings from the Concord 

 -cross-fertilized with Delaware, seem 

 to me quite promising; for they have 

 thus far shown only the good quali- 

 ties of both parents, without their 

 faults. In other words, the}^ have ex- 



hibited the freedom from mildew 

 which is found in the Concord; and 

 the exemption from rot which char- 

 acterizes the Delaware. Both passed 

 through last season in perfectly open 

 exposuies, without either mildew or 

 rot, and in the immediate vicinity 

 when Concord, Hartford and all 

 Rogers' hybrids were nearly des- 

 troyed. As to character of fruit, &e., 

 they are both black grapes, larger 

 than Delaware, though resembling it 

 in form of bunch and berrj^ ; but less 

 in size than Concords. In quality I 

 regard them as intermediate; better 

 than Concord ; but not equal to Dela- 

 ware. 



I have also had some interesting 

 experience in raising seedling Dela- 

 wares, tending to establish, as I think, 

 the purel}' native character of the 

 Delaware. And I think I have also 

 produced among them one seedling 

 that will prove a decided advance and 

 improvement upon the Delaware both 

 in habits of growth and in quality. 

 Geo. W. Campbell. 



Delaware, Ohio, June 2C, 1870. 



THE COMING MAN WILL DRINK WINE; OR, COMMON SENSE vs. 



PROHIBITIVE LAWS. 



It may be that in our otherwise 

 happy and progressive countr}-, a cer- 

 tain portion of its inhabitants, moulded 

 out of some superior clay, and lor that 

 reason — beyond a doubt — going fast 

 ahead of the age, have been, antl still 

 •continue to grow too pure to live in 

 quiet fellowship with the rest of man- 

 kind. Saints need a world of their 

 -own, and should rule on earth if not in 

 heaven ! I particularlj'^ dread those 



who say : eat as we do, drink as we do ! 

 I am too well aware that there is but 

 one step from the ridiculous to the 

 horrible, and that, if indulged, there 

 may come a time when they will add : 

 believe and worship as we do ! In a 

 free country like ours these are facts 

 which should be carefully noted and 

 guarded against, and which make it a 

 necessar}' duty to be always on the 

 look out, ready for a fight. When an 



