Reports on Grapes. 



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-Grape Culturist, I am thankful for 

 something that relaxes my nerves and 

 causes me to laugh at the expense of 

 my enemy. This, no doubt, must be 



the feeling of most of your readers en- 

 gaged in grape culture and -wine- 

 making. Yours trul}^, 



Edw. C. Baxter. 



EEPORTS ON GRAPES. 



{Continued from Odoher Number.) 



Ices. — We were not so well pleased 

 with this variety this season. It 

 3'ielded abundantly, but the must was 

 light, and the grapes ripened unequal- 

 ly. It will not yield the same quan- 

 tity as Concord, and needs more ad- 

 dition of sugar to the must. Still, it 

 is reliable, and will succeed nearly 

 everywhere. 



Lindley (Rogers' 9). — Did very well; 

 produced a heavy crop of fine fruit, 

 which will make a superior white 

 wine. Still, its foliage is rather thin, 

 iind not quite as sound as we could 

 wish. 



Louisiana — Bore a very tine crop 

 of superior fruit; will, we believe, 

 make the finest white wine in our cel- 

 lars ; very healthy fruit and foliage. 



Marion — Produced a very heavy 

 ■crop of handsome, compact clusters, 

 iind may be valuable for red wine; 

 has a very dark juice and a good deal 

 •of the "scratch" of the Cordifolia 

 class, to which it belongs. 



JIartha — Very fine, free from dis- 

 ease, and gave an abundant crop. 



JIary Ann — A very heavy crop of 

 handsome bunches, earlier than Hart- 

 ford, and at least as good ; valuable 

 for early market. 



Massasoit (Rogers' 3) — Very fine; 

 better, we think, than Delaware; ri- 

 pens earlier,shows better; was healthy 



and bore an abundant crop. We value 

 it highl}', both for table and wine. 



Maxatawney — Bore a fine crop of 

 superior fruit ; healthy, hardy and pro- 

 ductive, and not at all late, as it ripens 

 much earlier than Catawba. 



Merrimack (Rogers' 19) — A beautiful 

 fruit, but has been somewhat subject 

 to rot. We would prefer Wilder, as 

 of better quality and more healthy. 



Miles — Very early, but a very small 

 bunch and rather indifferent quality. 



Mottled — x\ very pretty grape, of 

 the Catawba type ; handsome, compact 

 bunches; seems to be healthy and of 

 good quality. 



North Carolina Seedling — Produced 

 an abundant crop, although it showed 

 a little rot; makes a good wine, if 

 properly managed, and is very reli- 

 able. 



Northern Muscadine — Always relia- 

 ble and productive, but very fox}-. 



Norton's Virginia — An immense 

 crop of the finest quality; one of the 

 most reliable of all. 



Perkins — Verj' productive, but too 

 foxy for our enlightened age ; will do 

 for those who laud the Dracut Amber, 

 as it is a good deal better, though of 

 the same tj'pe. 



Rebecca — Small crop of small bunch- 

 es, and not as good as Maxatawney. 



Rentz — An abundant bearer, healthy 

 and hardy, and may do as a wine 

 grape. We would prefer it to Ives. 



