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The Grape Culturist. 



vintage of 1869^ from which first quality 

 wines could hardly be expected. 



We did not get a fair taste of all the 

 red wines, but some of them which we 

 tasted were very fine, others below me- 

 dium. Among the novelties in grapes 

 we noticed exceedingly fine Marthas, 

 by F. Langendoerfer; Hermann bunches 

 by same, weighing nearly a pound, and 

 a ne\v seedling by II. Henge, which he 

 >calls Mammoth Catawba ; it is a very 



heavy, compact bunch, somewhat light- 

 er color than Catawba, and of ver3'- 

 good quality. We shall watch it 

 closely, although we do " not like the 

 source from whence it comes." 



Tvvitchell's Acidometer was there 

 tested before a special committee, which 

 unanimously awarded it a premium as 

 the best and most reliable acidometer 

 they had yet seen. 



THE GEAPE VINE LOCK. 



Mr. Kdward F. Underbill, of Broc 

 ton, N. Y., has invented and patented 

 a very simple device for tying vines, 

 under the above name, M'hich we think 

 will serve the purpose of a cheap and 

 durable tie — can be left on the wire 

 and used for several years. It is made 

 of No. 15 wire, and we think even 

 smaller size would answer. The ac- 

 companying cuts will full}' explain it, 

 and if they can be manufactured for 

 sixty cents per 1,000, as Mr. Under- 

 bill claims, we think they will soon 

 come into general use. 



No. 1 represents 

 the Vine Lock de- 

 signed for upright 

 or oblique shoots 

 or canes. 

 No. 2 represents it as applied to the 



wire, with one hook closed that it may 

 remain permanently on the trellis. 

 Nos. 3 and 4 represent it w^ith the 



shoot or cane inclosed and secured to 

 the wire. 



