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The Grape Culturist, 



boxes, three layers deep, with paper 

 between the layers; overhauling them 

 everj^ week or ten days, and taking 

 out all spoiled berries, and putting 

 fresh paper where it had become damp. 



My grapes were gathered after all 

 the wine was made, handled with the 

 utmost care, and carried a mile to the 

 house. 



There was one mistake in the oper- 

 ation I think. Those for keeping 

 should have been gathered before so 



very ripe. But even with the only 

 partial success this time we will try 

 it again if we live and have grapes 

 next year. 



8. Miller. 



NOVEMKER 19, 1870. 



[The " sample " was very good in- 

 deed, and much relished by us. We 

 xaa-y add, that Concord has kept well 

 with us, but Norton best of all. It 

 can easily be kept for family use until 

 midwinter. — Editor.] 



UNDBEHILL'S TWO HYBEIDS, CEOTON AND SENASQUA. 



Friend Husmann : 



As the above two new grapes are 

 favorably spoken of in the East, you 

 may wish to know how they do here 

 thus far. Both have grown well this 

 year, without a sign of disease ; have 

 ripened their wood to the very tips, 

 which is a pretty sure indication of 

 their proving hardy here. 



At one time I thought the Croton 

 was a pure foreign, but since more 

 advanced growth the true hybrid is 

 perceptible. The small laterals have 

 a'ipened their wood to the ends. 



They may be quite a valuable ac- 



quisition to our already large list of 

 good grapes. 



Of the fruit I have not seen or 

 eaten yet, but from good authority 

 we hear them quoted as among the 

 very best. Yours truly, S. Miller. 



[We have seen these two new vari- 

 eties ourselves at friend Miller's, and 

 can confirm all he says about them. 

 We should, however, not forget that 

 one season is hardly a test for any 

 variety, and that the last was a very 

 favorable one. Let us try them a 

 leetle longer, and then report again. — 

 Editor.] 



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