Grape Exhibition in New York. 



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Creek, eight miles East — being a mere 

 strip of land in width — will produce 

 at least one thousand tons of grapes. 



These are but street items of our 

 grape trade, picked \x\) at random. 

 The Sandusky Begister speaks of 68 

 tons of grapes brought on a steamer 

 from the Peninsula, most of them for 

 Leick of this city. People who buy 

 grapes by the few pounds, or b}' the 

 mai'ket basket, should step into a press- 

 room and see the Catawbas poured 

 into the hoppers bushel after bushel. 



The grapes, this year, are so rich 

 that their product has overrun all cal- 

 culations as to casks, and the wine 

 makers are short of barrels and hogs- 

 heads. The grapes are uncommonly 

 juicy, and if the vintage of '70 is not 

 the best for years the fruit will not be 

 the fault. 



[We clip the above from the Cleve- 

 land Herald, of October 28, and wish 

 our brethren of the Lake Shore joy 

 of their splendid crop.] — Ed. 



GRAPE EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK. 



As we have no Horticultural Societj^ in 

 New York city, B. K. Bliss & Son, 23 

 Park Place, have run a private society 

 on their own account. In June last 

 they held a strawberry exhibition, 

 which was a great success ; and now we 

 have to record a similar report in regard 

 to a grape show held at the same place 

 on September 27-30. Two hundred 

 and fifty dollars were offered in pre- 

 miums, which had the desired effect, 

 bringing the choicest fruits from all 

 points of the country. The judges 

 made the lollowing report and awards : 



New York, Sept. 2S, 1S70. 



The committee who were selected to 

 examine the grapes on exhibition re- 

 spectfully submit the following awards, 

 as in their judgment deserving of the 

 premiums offered. In making the 

 awards for the best new native seed- 

 lings, the committee wish to state that 

 their merits were decided upon from 

 what the}- saw of the fruit on the tables, 



they knowing nothing of the character 

 or habits of the vines. 



Charles Downing. 



A. S. Fuller. 



P. T. QUINN. 



Native Grapes. — For the best and 

 largest collection of correctly named 

 varieties, four bunches each, S20, to 

 John Dingwall, Albany, N. Y.j for 

 the second best, %\Q, to John Knox, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



For the best six bunches, Allen's 

 Hybrid, $3, to Horace Eaton, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Best six bunches Catawba, $3, to 

 H. W. Murtfeldt, Newburg, N. Y. 



Best six bunches Canada, $3, to 

 John H. Ricketts, Newburg, N. Y. 



Best six bunches Creveling, $3, to 

 Horace Eaton. 



Best six bunches Croton, $3, to S. 

 W. Underbill, Croton Point, N. Y. 



Best six bunches Clinton, $3, to E. 

 H. Clark, Newburg, N. Y. 



