328 Grapes i?i 1868. 



think we shall ripen this priceless grape with tolerable regularity, even in 

 Massachusetts. 



IsraeUa. — Vigorous and healthy in well-drained soil. A little mildew 

 in a damp location. The earliness of this grape, and excellence of its 

 fruit, are gaining it new friends every year. 



Logan. — Unripe, sour, frost-bitten, and worthless. I have fruited this 

 variety several years, always with the same result. 



Martha. — Vigorous, strong-growing, and perfectly healthy. No fruit. 



Nonantum. — This, the companion-vine to the Dana, is a good and mod- 

 erately-strong grower. It mildewed in a most unfavorable location, but 

 not enough to prevent its wood from ripening. 



Rebecca. — This, in sandy soil, grows a few inches annually. 



Rogers'' s 15. — Many bunches were affected by rot. Those that did not 

 rot ripened very well. The 15 should not be eaten until completely ripe ; 

 for it does not lose its rank, native taste, and astringency, till then. The 

 vine maintains its reputation for rankness of growth; but with me the clus- 

 ters are very loose and ragged. The flavor improves as the vine gets 

 older. 



No. 4 ripened well with me this year, and I consider it a very valuable 

 grape. If it were a little earlier, I even venture to say that it would be 

 a dangerous rival to the Concord. 



No. 19 ripened earlier than any other grape 1 have. The bunches are 

 ragged, and the grape hardly first-class ; but its earliness makes it valuable. 



No. 53, better known as Salem, is a good grower ; ripens its wood well ; 

 and is with me, in a rich soil where other varieties mildew, perfectly free 

 from spot or stain. 



To Kaloii. — This vine begins to mildew earlier, and mildews with greater 

 vigor and pertinacity, than any other kind. When the leaves have mildewed 

 and fallen, the berries rot. 



U7ia. — This was sent out last spring with the Cottage. It is a good grow- 

 er, not quite so vigorous as its companion, but perfectly healthy where other 

 varieties mildewed. I have abundant reason to consider this a grape of 

 great promise. 



Union Village. — In a sheltered situation, this got about as ripe by the 

 10th of October as it probably ever does here. By thinning the separate 



