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a better variety. The Clinton is a hardj grape which 

 will mature where other kinds will not, and although 

 the fruit is not eatable in our estimation, yet it makes 

 good wine. The King grape, however, seems to be 

 quite as hardy as the Clinton and the quality pro- 

 mises to be equal to many of the more celebrated 

 kinds. 



Where the vines we have named will not succeed, 

 we would plant Concord, JSTorthern Muscadine and 

 Hartford Prolific in preference to any other kinds, 

 and under any circumstances we confess to a pen- 

 chant for variety, as it is often found that the good and 

 bad qualities of any particular grape, are confined to 

 certain localities, so that by extending our selection 

 we may gain an experience which will enable us to 

 avoid the evil and to obtain the good. 



