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The Grape Cvltnrist. 



Requa (Eogers' 28) — Fine quality, 

 and the vine seems to be healthy. It 

 bore its first fruit on young vines, 



Rogers' Hybrids not named. — No. 2 

 is a fine, late, black grape, with mag- 

 nificent bunches, of very good quality, 

 rather late. We are inclined to think 

 much of it, as it seems to be produc- 

 tive, healthy nnd hard}^; will make a 

 good wine. 



jVo. 8 — Very good for our location ; 

 ver}" productive ; late, resembling 

 Goethe very much ; a fine late market 

 grape ; healthy. 



No. 12 — Very good quality', but 

 rather loose bunch, and deficient in 

 foliage. 



No. SO — Very large berr}', but loose 

 bunch, of good qualitj', with Frontig- 

 nan flavor; may improve with age of 

 vines. 



Rulander — Of very fine quality^ 

 healthy; produced a handsome crop, 

 and, as it makes a very fine wine, we 

 can recommend it for Southern loca- 

 tions as a reliable grape. 



Salem — Fruit of very fine quality, 

 but vine a "slow grower here, and, so 

 far, a poor bearer, with tender foliage. 



Taylor — Had a very fine crop of 

 compact, nice bunches, and may re- 

 claim its character for imperfect bear- 

 ing, when the vines become older and 

 are properl}^ pruned and trained. 



Telegraph — A very abundant crop 

 of handsome, medium-sized, compact 

 bunches ; valuable as an early market 

 grape, and w^ill make a nice red wine. 



To Kalon — A poor, unequal crop of 

 fruit, as usual ; of no value here. 



Union Village — A big thing; im- 

 mense bunches and berries, but rots, 

 and ripened unequall}'. We would 

 much prefer the Wilder. 



Weehawken — Made a good growth, 

 and held its foliage ; has shown but 

 little fruit so far. 



Wilder (Rogers' 4) — Splendid in 

 every respect — large bunches, large 

 berries, fine quality, very productive, 

 and holding its foliage well, without 

 disease; one of the most valuable for 

 table and market. Editor. 



Mt. Sterlix«, Ky., Sept. 25th, 1870. 



George Husmann, Esq. : — Permit 

 me to give you a few items in refer- 

 ence to the gtape in this country. 

 Montgomer}' count}-, Ky., is in the 

 Blue Grass region and approaches 

 the mountain range on the east. The 

 soil is limestone, with comjjact clay 

 subsoil, some locations being porous. 

 Manj' varieties of the grape grow 

 vigorously, with health}^ foliage and 

 well ripened wood. I am of opinion, 

 that the best improved varieties would, 

 under proper culture, bring an ample 

 return. But few vines are planted 

 and these receive little or no atten- 

 tion, but, nevertheless, produce fine 

 crops of grapes. The Catawba, with 

 a few other varieties, are the only 

 ones grown here. 



Dr. Jeffries, a resident of our 

 county, and whose gardens I visited 

 in August, is cultivating Hartford 

 Prolific, Concord, Catawba and Dela- 

 ware. I never witnessed a more 

 splendid exhibition of fruit. The 

 Concord, Hartford Prolific and Ca- 

 tawba, were loaded with bunches — 

 large, well set and perfect — averaging 

 ten ounces in weight. Some of the 

 large bunches weighing as many as 

 twenty ounces, each. The whole, the 

 most pleasing sight that a lover of 

 fine fruit would wish to see. The 



