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J. Ringueberg, Lockport, N.Y. — Clinton, Diana. 



We should be glad to give a complete list of all who exhibited ; but the atten- 

 tions shown to our correspondent while on the grounds prevented us from doing 

 justice to all. 



We would suggest to our New- York friends, that, in future e.xhibitions, they 

 shall fix an hour after which entries for premiums cannot be m.ide ; and that it 

 would be well for the committees to make their decision before the public have 

 time to enter and mutilate the clusters. 



It will be seen by the above list that the lona Grape was in nearly every 

 collection. 



The following is an account of the evening discussion : — 



Grape Discussions at Canandaigua, N.Y. — A large meeting convened 

 in the evening, and was called to order by the president, Hon. E. B. Pottle, 

 who proposed that gentlemen present make reports of the condition of the 

 grape-crop in their several localities before entering upon the discussion of the 

 topics prepared for the regular programme. 



Mr. M. P. Wilder of Massachusetts was first called on. In his usual happy 

 vein, this gentleman congratulated the society upon the success which had attend- 

 ed their efforts, and pronounced this the finest exhibition of grapes ever seen 

 upon this continent. In reporting for Massachusetts, he could only speak of 

 failure, which he accounted for by referring to the unusual quantity of rain-fall, 

 that was stated to have been thirteen and a half inches in place of the average 

 of three and a half in the same period. 



John A. Warder reported for Southern Ohio, that their old favorite, the Ca- 

 tawba, had proved very unsatisfactory in its crops for several years. The Con- 

 cord and Hartford were successful : but the Norton and the Ives were the favorites 

 with most planters ; and the latter was spoken of as very successful in that region, 

 because of its sterling qualities of perfect health, thrift, and productiveness, 

 which put the Ives in the first rank as a vineyard-grape. 



William Griffith of North East, Penn., stated, that, so far as he had observed, 

 the whole Lake-shore region, from Cleveland eastward to Cattaraugus Creek, 

 was successful this year. 



Mr. T. L. Harris, from Salem-on-Erie, Chautauqua County, N.Y., had found 

 no mildew nor other disease upon the vines of that region, which were very pro- 

 ductive and successful. This he attributed to the influence of the lake, and a 

 range of hills to the southward, among which was imbosomed the Chautauqua, 

 seven hundred feet higher than Lake Erie. This favored region extended about 

 two miles by seven ; and he was sure that the spirit of the vine presided over 

 that spot. Some insects had made their appearance upon the foliage, but 

 nothing serious. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller of New York answered for that region and the neighboring 

 portions of New Jersey. The crop of this year was not very promising. In 

 view of the great success that had attended grape-planting in certain regions, 

 he recommended the selection of these favored localities. 



Hon. J. Larrowe of Hammondsport, N.Y., stated, that after fifteen years' ex- 

 perience, chiefly with the Catawba, they still found it successful, and that it 



