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The Grape Culturist. 



and flourish better than the best layer. 

 Our correspondent quotes an instance 

 where a purchaser saved nearly all of 

 a lot of layers he obtained from him, 

 while he lost nearly all of another lot 

 grown from cuttings, although pur- 

 chased from a nursery and called No. 

 1. Had they really been No. 1, and 

 not damaged in transit, we can assure 

 Mm that they ought all to have grown. 

 But perhaps they were damaged or 

 dried out before the}- were planted. 



He also quotes' the varieties that do 

 not readily grow from cuttings, as 

 proof of his doctrine. We can tell 

 him that nearly all the old planters of 

 Norton's Virginia would rather plant 

 even that variety, if grown from cut- 



tings, than those grown from layers. 

 Every propagator of that variety 

 knows that it is one of the most diffi- 

 cult to grow from cuttings ; yet some 

 succeed in propagating it in that man- 

 ner to a certain extent. Will he deny 

 that a layer must of necessity receive 

 a severe check, if separated from the 

 mother vine, and suddenly deprived 

 of all the sustenance it has so far 

 drawn from it ? We can assure him, 

 if the layers he grows are no better 

 than we received from him about six 

 years ago, we would rather be excused 

 from calling them plants at all. That 

 poor plants grown from cuttings are 

 sold, does not detract from the value 

 of the good ones. — Editor.] 



NEW havp:n wine company, 



New Haven, Mo., Sept. -Ith, 1870. 



Editors Journal of Agriculture: 



At the last meeting of the New 

 Haven Wine Co., held July 27th, Mr. 

 John Vallee, of this place, displayed 

 seventeen varieties of grapes from his 

 extensive vinej^ard ; the names I give 

 as follows : Concord, Hartford Prolific, 

 Rebecca, To Kalon, Anna, Creveling, 

 Australia, Clinton, Miner's Seedling, 

 Franklin, Naumkeag, Marion Port, 

 Norton's Virginia, Meade's Seedling, 

 Kingsessing, Taylor or Bullit, Golden 

 Concord. The last-named grape is a 

 white seedling of the Concord, grown 

 b}^ Mr. Valle, and is worthy of atten- 

 tion by all grape growers. The vine is 

 a strong grower, healthy, with foliage 

 somewhat lighter than its parent ; 

 bunch, medium, compact and shoul- 

 dered ; berry same as Concord, of a 

 beautiful liglit-3'ellow color, approach- 



ing almost to a golden ; skin, thin ; 

 flesh, juicy ; few seeds, often not over 

 one or two ; and of a remarkably fine 

 flavor, losing much of that foxy flavor 

 so prominent among our principal 

 varieties. It was justly favored by all 

 as being '^ very fine." 



Mr. Valle deserves to be honorably 

 mentioned among grape growers, as 

 well as his seedling, for his indefat- 

 igable efforts in the cultivation and 

 improvement of the native grape. He 

 has several other seedlings which we 

 have not as 3'et seen, but they are also 

 said to be "• very fine," and we trust he 

 will reap the fruit of his labors, when 

 he offers plants from his new seedling 

 for sale. 



S. C. W. Miller, Pres. 



CiiAS. A. Bragg, Sec. 



[We clip the above from the Journal 

 of Agriculture as we think it of general 



