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interest to our grape growers. We 

 could only wish that the secretaries of 

 Grape Growers' Associations would 

 send such communications to us direct, 

 for while we do not begrudge our 

 Agricultural Journals such items, we 

 can not help but think that a Journal 

 devoted specially to grape culture, 

 would be the most proper medium for 

 such communications. "VVe are labor- 

 ing in theh' interest only, and think we 



are entitled to all such intelligence 

 from them, first and foremost. 



We know Mr. Valle as a very intelli- 

 gent and industrious grape grower, and 

 would like to hear more about his seed- 

 lings, especially about the " Golden 

 Concord," and wish the New Haven 

 Wine Company success. They have a 

 good location, and a number of intelli- 

 gent grape growers, two of the princi- 

 pal elements of success. — Editor.] 



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NEW GRAPES. 



Dklawarr, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1870. 



Friend Husmann : — I send you, 

 to-day, herewith, a little box of grape 

 samples. The black grape is a cross 

 between Delawai'o and Concord; the 

 red grape is a cross between Taylor 

 and Grizzly Frontignan; and the few- 

 berries of a white grape, are the very 

 last I have loft of the first fruits of a 

 cross between Concord and Chasselas 

 Musque; these last are not in best 

 condition, as they were picked the 

 9tb, two weeks ago. The leaves are 

 from the Taylor Hybrid vine. I do 

 not think the Taylor Hj'brid is quite 

 ripe; but the birds had commenced 

 taking them, and I thought I must 

 send them now, or not this season. 

 The vine is a small one, single cane 

 tied to a small stake ; has borne one 

 3'ear before, and had some dozen or 

 more bunches, and about the same 

 this year. 



Marthas have ripened admirably 

 this year ; and the vines are as nearly 

 perfect in health and hardiness as one 

 could ask or desire. It is, so far, the 

 white grape for the people. In qual- 

 it}" it is certainly an improvement 



upon the Concord; and many persons 

 pronounce the grape " better than 

 Delaw^are." This is not according to 

 my judgment; but it is an evidence 

 that Martha is acceptable to the pop- 

 ular taste, and at least " very good." 

 Eumelan, I am soi'ry to say, has mil- 

 dewed very badly, although in the 

 early part of the season it made a 

 good growth. 



Walter has also utterly failed here ; 

 lost all its leaves before ripening any 

 wood. The Croton, Mr. Underhill's 

 new seedling white grape, a cross be- 

 tween Delaware and Chasselas, has 

 made a very satisfactory growth, and- 

 though not absolutely exempt from 

 mildew, has held its foliage veiy well, 

 and is ripening its wood finely. It 

 has held its foliage much better than 

 the Eumelan, and as well as many of 

 Eogers' Hybrids. In this respect, it 

 has done better than I expected from 

 the foreign appearance of its foliage. 

 It will, doubtless, be a splendid ama- 

 teur or garden grape; and I am not 

 without hopes it may succeed in vine- 

 3"ard in favorable localities. 



The Senesqua, Mr. Underhill's black 



