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Columbian. The berries will average an inch 

 in diameter and the vines are very resistant 

 to disease — a refreshing characteristic when 

 one has attempted to grow some of the tender 

 hybrids. Some of the Wandering Willies who 

 sell trees and vines on the basis of catalogue 

 pictures and who have no fixed place of abode 

 and no very definite business connection, de- 

 light to exhibit pictures of this variety. Its 

 great size always attracts the prospective cus- 

 tomer and, as I have said, one vine of it will 

 not be out of place in the amateur's vineyard. 

 Aside from size, however, it is without value. 



Concord 



The Concord grape, along with the Kiefer 

 pear, Elberta peach and Ben Davis apple, 

 occupies an almost unique place in the list of 

 fruits. No other variety is so widely distrib- 

 uted or so successful under a great diversity 

 of soils. Introduced in 1852, the Concord has 

 become our chief commercial grape and is also 

 more widely grown by the average back yard 

 vineyardist than any other sort. Although 

 there are many kinds that excel it in quality, 

 it is unsurpassed in hardiness, vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness. It will grow in almost any soil 

 where its roots can find a foothold and will 

 bear crop after crop under conditions of almost 

 absolute neglect. In recent years there have 



