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such a situation, it is useless to attemj^t their culture 

 as they fixil to ripen. It is supposed that the Diai^a 

 %vill be more successful in cold regions and is there- 

 fore attracting a good deal of attention. Perhaps it 

 would be best for the cultivator to make his main de- 

 pendence upon some native grape of his own partic- 

 ular neighborhood, as these are usually much imprpv- 

 ed by cultivation, and generally ripen well. 



Isabella. — "Bunches large, rather compact, shouldered. Ber- 

 ries large; oval; purplish, with blue bloom; skin thick; flesh ten- 

 der, with little pulp, juicy, sweet, and rich, with sliijht musky and 

 arommic flavor liipens in N. England the last of Sept., and in 

 Oct-" 



Catawda. — ''Bunches medial; loose; shouldered ;berries large; 

 roundish or slightly oval; reddisli-purple; with a purple bloom; 

 thick skin; flesh a litle pulpy, hut juicy, sweet, with a rich, mus- 

 ky, aromatic flavor. Ripeiis two weeks later than the Isabella." 



Diana. — "Fruit in bunch an 1 berry very much like its parent, 

 the C^tawbri, but wiih less color. Beiries round; juicy, rich, 

 sweet, wilh, musky aroma. Ripei.s about the time of Isabella. 

 .Hardy, vigorous, and productive." 



Shurtleff's Seedling. — "Bunches largre; berries medial; 

 oval; skin thick, lilac; flesh of a sweet, rich flavor. Ripe early 

 in September." — Cole. 



PEACHES. 



These are propagated as directed upon page 62. — 

 Some cultivators plant stones of the best varieties 

 and of superior native seedlings and never bud. These 

 trees are undoubtedly more hardy than the budded 

 trees in our latitude, and many of them produce su- 

 perior peaches. 



'•The peach will flourish in any friable soil, under good culture, 

 but the best soil is a light and rather dry loom. It succeeds well 

 with good, deep culture, and suitable manure, on light, sandy, 

 and gravelly soils; but in such cases it is necessary to guard 

 against severe drought by manures, inducing moisture, frequent 

 stiring of the soil, mulching, or by all these advantages. Any 

 soil suitable for indian corn is adapted to the peach. The subsoil 

 should be dry and porous." 



"Elevated situations are best for the peach, especially in the 

 North, where the tree, but more especially the blossom buds, are 

 often killed, not so much, perhaps, by severe cold, as by sudden 

 changes from thawing and freezing, and the reverse. In this wa/ 



