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Tlie Grape CuUurist, 



Best six bunches Delaware, §3, to 

 John H. Eicketts. 



Best six bunches Diana, 83, to John 

 H. Eicketts. 



Best six bunches lona, S3 to Henry 

 Cornell, Newburg, N. Y. 



Best six bunches Isabella, 83, to 

 Horace Eaton. 



Best six bunches Martha, 83, to G. 

 W. Campbell, Delawai-e, O. 



Best six bunches Mottled, 83, to G. 

 W. Campbell. 



Best six bunches Rebecca, 83, to 

 John H. Eicketts. 



Best six bunches Salem, 83, to J. W. 

 Helmer. 



Best six bunches Senasqua, 83, to S. 

 W. Underhill. 



Best six bunches Walter, 83, to L. M. 

 Ferris & Son, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 



Best six bunches Wilder, 83, to 

 Horace Eaton. 



Best six bunches Adirondac, 83, to 

 Horace Eaton. 



Best six bunches any other sort, 83, 

 to John H. Eicketts, for Elsingburgh. 



For the best seedling (never before 

 exhibited) white, 810, to Dr. Weeks ; 

 black, 810, to John H. Eicketts. 



Foreign Grapes grown under glass — 

 For the best three bunches of any black 



sort, not a Muscat, $5, to L. L. Hyatt, 

 New Brunswick, N. J. , for Black 

 Prince ; second best, 83, to E. B. 

 Campbell, Mamaroneck, N. Y., for 

 Black Hamburg. Best three bunches 

 of any white sort, not a Muscat, 85, to 

 to L. L. Hyatt, for White Syrian ; 

 three bunches of any other sort, 85, to 

 L. L. Hyatt. 



The following is a description of Mr. 

 Eickett's seedling, which received the 

 premium for the best black grape ; 

 Bunches large, occasionally shouldered ; 

 berries large, slightly oval, nearly black, 

 with slight bloom ; flesh tender, break- 

 ing somewhat like the foreign sorts, 

 although there is a perceptible tough- 

 ness near the centre, which shows that 

 there is native blood in the variety. In 

 flavor it is first rate, being sweet, with 

 just sufficient sprightliness to prevent 

 cloying the palate. 



The vine, of course, was not ex- 

 hibited ; but we saw it a few weeks 

 since, and it appeared to be a healthy 

 and vigorous grower. The leaves were 

 very large, of good substance, and also 

 healthy. It was raised from the Con- 

 cord, fertilized b}' Black Hamburg, and 

 shows the good qualities of both pa- 

 rents. — Rural JYew Yorker. 



From the Cnnadii Fai-mer. 



THE GRAPE CROP OF 1870. 



From what we have seen and heard 

 during the past few weeks, at the 

 various agricultural lairs held this 

 fall, the year 1870 seems to have 

 proved one of the best and most fa- 

 vorable to grape growing we have 

 ever had in Canada. The unusual 

 excess of heat and sunshine during 



August and September caused the 

 grape to commence coloring some 

 two weeks earlier than usual, and the 

 absence of frost till late in October 

 enabled every grower to gather his 

 crop of grapes in a fully ripened con- 

 dition. At the Clair House vineyard, 

 near Cooksville, the entire crop of 



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