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think may safely be added to the list of '^ Promising 

 well." The Prentiss and Mr. Eicketts' seedlings I saw 

 on the grounds of the originators, at Crooked Lake and 

 at Newburgh, and under circumstances which I thought 

 not at all favorable to their highest development. I 

 think it my duty to state this, as I had been led to be- 

 lieve that Mr. Ricketts' seedlings had been petted, pam- 

 pered, and protected, all of which I found just the re- 

 verse, and came to the conclusion that the treatment they 

 received was not at all calculated to develop their best 

 points. 



Brighton. — Seen on the grounds of Mr. E. Hooker, 

 Rochester. Vine very joroductive, foliage moderately 

 healthy, though perhaps not so healthy as Concord. 

 Bunch large, shouldered ; berry medium, about size of 

 Catawba, round, brownish-red, very handsome, sweet, 

 without being insipid ; to my taste better than Dela- 

 ware, because more vinous ; pulp tender, very juicy. 

 Very promising. 



Early Daw^^. — Good in quality, said to be very early, 

 hardy, and productive. Bunch medium ; berry full me- 

 dium, black, sweet, and good. 



Moore's Early. — Seen at the exhibition at Rochester. 

 Although not very good in quality, it is a very handsome 

 bunch and berry, and seems to be especially valuable at 

 the North, on account of its extreme earliness. Bunch 

 very large and shouldered, compact ; berry large, resem- 

 bling Wilder in size and form, black, fair in quality, but 

 not high flavored or tender in pulp. Its chief value seems 

 to be its early ripening, vigor, and hardiness. 



Niagara. — Seeds planted in 1868, first fruited by 

 Hoag & Clark, of Lockport, N. Y. , in 1872. Cross be- 

 tween Concord and Cassady ; bunch very large and 

 heavy, compact ; berry large, slightly oblong, semi-trans- 

 parent, greenish-white, bronzed in sun, adheres well 



