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Grapes in 1867 (No. 2). — Some of the Newer Varieties. Creveling 

 (synonymes, Bhom, Catawissd). — The great merits of this grape for wine seem 

 to have been strangely overlooked ; and yet it is one of the few (provided it suc- 

 ceeds there) of which a good wine can be made at the North. It is a moderate 

 but healthy grower here, which may be planted rather closer than some of our 

 rank growers (six by six feet will give it room enough) ; is productive, and little, 

 if any, subject to disease ; bunch long and loose, shouldered ; berry medium, 

 round, black ; skin thin ; has liardly any pulp, and an abundance of rich, sweet, 

 dark-colored juice. Ripens about a week later than Hartford Prolific, and makes 

 an excellent red wine resembling the choice brands of claret. Specific gravity 

 of must by CEchole's scale, eighty-eight degrees. 



Cjinningham (synonyme. Long). — Where this grape will ripen well, as it inva- 

 riably does here, it will i^rove one of the most profitable. It is a very strong 

 grower, and should be planted at least six by ten feet apart. It belongs to the 

 same southern division of the ^^stivalis species which includes the Herbemont, 

 Lenoir, Baldwin's Lenoir, Pauline, and others. Bunch medium, very compact, 

 often shouldered ; berry small, round, black, with blue bloom ; skin rather tough, 

 but sweet; without pulp; spicy. It is a good and uniform bearer, and will, per- 

 haps, make the best white wine we yet have, not excepting the Delaware. One 

 of the most healthy, but requires a long season, a warm soil and sunny location, 

 and, here, covering in winter. Very valuable for our climate and farther South. 

 Specific gravity of must, a hundred and twelve degrees. 



Herbemont (synonymes, Sumter, Warreii, Warrento7i). — Though this is 

 not a new variety, its merits have been so much overlooked, that I will include 

 it here. For our sunny South hillsides and farther South, this is one of the 

 most valuable varieties, as it is an enormous bearer, but little subject to disease, 

 is a delicious table-fruit, and makes one of the choicest wines we have. The 

 vine is a very strong grower, and needs as much space as the foregoing. Bunch 

 large, always shouldered, compact ; berry below medium, black, with blue bloom, 

 round ; skin very thin ; without pulp ; juicy, sweet, spicy, and refreshing ; justly 

 called by Downing " bags of wine." As we grow it here, I would rather have it 

 for the table than Delaware and the /limous (or notorious) lona, as it is more re- 

 freshing, and (to speak Grant-ish) has a purer taste. It will produce about seven 

 hundred gallons to the acre, and the wine sells readily at four dollars per gallon. 

 Specific gravity of must, ninety-six degrees. Requires covering here in winter. 



Louisiana. — Belongs to the same class, and promises to be valuable as a 

 wine grape : it also ripens earlier, and is somewhat more hardy. Bunch me- 

 dium, often shouldered, compact ; berry small, round, black, with blue bloom ; 

 juicy ; without pulp ; spicy, sweet, and rich. Is generally healthy, and moderately 

 productive ; and makes an exquisite white wine, of great body and delicate 

 aroma. Specific gravity of must, a hundred and fourteen degrees. 



Rulander {?,ynonymQ, Red Elben). — This is not the German Rulander, but 

 is only called so here, and belongs to the same class, I think, as the foregoing, 

 which the vine and fruit resemble so closely that it is difficult to distinguish. 

 Its juice is of deeper color, however, and the wine not white, but rather brownish- 

 yellow, of great body, but with a decided and strong aroma, resembling the best 



