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have of the young is when you discover small spots eaten in 

 the leaf ; on examination, you will now find the young cater- 

 pillar, one fourth of an inch in length, spread over the leaves ; 

 you must destroy all you can find at once, and, every day, 

 examine the vine anew ; notwithstanding all this care, some of 

 them will probably escape you, and grow to a good size. If 

 these are very numerous, and are on more than one or two 

 vines, it will be best to fumigate the grapery with tobacco 

 leaves, or stems. This will be necessary, if thrips, or the 

 aphis or green fly appear in the house. In smoking, care 

 must be had that the foliage is not injured by the heat from 

 the tobacco ; this should be moist, so that it cannot burn with 

 a blaze ; embers and ashes should be placed upon it, and the 

 tobacco allowed to smoulder, causing smoke and not heat. 



ViTis Labrusca. — There are several American species of 

 the grape, according to Prince ; and the same author gives 

 over one hundred varieties of these species. For general 

 cultivation, the first two on the list are the most valuable 

 ones. 



^Isabella. — This is a native of South Carolina. Mr. 

 Prince, in his Treatise on the Vine, says that this grape is 

 named in honor of Mrs. Isabella Gibbs, who introduced it 

 into cultivation in New York. The berries are black and 

 oval ; the bunches are of a medium size ; it has a foxy flavor. 



H Catatoba. — This grape is said, by Mr. Adlum, to be a 

 native of Maryland. It is one of the hardiest and most pro- 

 ductive of the American varieties. The berries are red, or 

 purple, inclining to black. These two varieties are now so 

 extensively cultivated, and their good quahties as table fruit 

 and for wine are so well established, that it is unnecessary to 

 say more of them. It also has the foxy flavor, and requires 

 a longer season than the Isabella. 



Bland. — This is one of the best native grapes. It has less 

 of the foxy flavor than the Isabella and Catawba ; it is not a 

 great bearer, and will not ripen in Massachusetts. 



