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vines imported from Europe, only to meet with 

 failure. Nature, that had so abundantlys^warded 

 their efforts abroad, quietly checkmated them here. 

 At last American fruit-growers took the hint, and 

 began developing our native species. Then Nature 

 smiled; and as a lure along this correct path of 

 progress, gave such incentives as the Isabella, the 

 Catavvba, and Concord. We are now bewildered 

 by almost as great a choice of varieties from native 

 species as they have abroad; and as an aid to 

 selection I will again give the verdict of ^some of 

 the authorities. 



The choice of the Hon. Norman J. Colman, Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture : " Early Victor, Worden, 

 Martha, Elvira, Cynthiana." This is for the region 

 of Missouri. For the latitude of New Jersey, A. 

 S. Fuller's selection : " Delaware, Concord, Moore's 

 Early, Antoinette (white), Augusta (white), Goethe 

 (amber)." E. S. Carmen: "Moore's Early [you 

 cannot praise this too much. The quality is mere- 

 ly that of the Concord ; but the vines are marvels 

 of perfect health, the bunches large, the berries 

 of the largest size. They ripen all at once, 

 and are fully ripe when the Concord begins to 

 color], Worden, Brighton, Victoria (white), 

 Niagara (white), El Dorado. [This does not 

 thrive everywhere, but the grapes ripen early 

 September I, or before and the quality is per- 



