33S Notes and Gleanings. 



naming, always to let the female name be first in the name. This I consider a 

 success, at least in this climate ; it has borne for years. It has overborne, and 

 was too extensively layered this and last year." 



Leaf has the appearance of a native grape, thick, rugose underneath, medium 

 size, bunch resembles Delaware ; size of berries similar to Delaware, perl-taps 

 a trifle larger ; color reddish amber, lighter than Catawba, very sweet, rich, 

 honeyed, scarcely any pulp, holds on well, berries round, seeds roundish. 



"Labrusca and Foreign No. i, an imperfect bunch, large Labrusca leaves, no 

 rot or mildew." 



Berry round, medium size, chestnut color, with blue bloom, like a fully ripened 

 Catawba, which it also resembles in flavor ; skin thick, seeds small, very little 

 pulp, rich vinous flavor, adheres strongly to the pedicel. 



" Clinton and Syrian No. 2 ; first year bearing, have some fair-sized for Rich- 

 mond, hardly ripe ; have sixty or seventy vines of this cross, mostly white, 

 that have shown fruit this season ; strong, healthy vine. Notice foliage particu- 

 larly." 



Foliage pretty large, rather thick, without any foreign look ; berries small, 

 round, tran'Sparent, firm, bronzy white, sweet, rich, with a peculiar flavor ; tex- 

 ture resembles that of the Syrian ; seeds large, long ; skin thick. 



"Clinton and Foreign No. 14 (Clinton and Muscat Hamburg). This bore 

 a most enormous crop first year bearing. Bees slipped under paper leaf, and ate 

 upper berry. It resembles in foliage Clinton (its mother), so much that I neg- 

 lected to thin until it was near coloring, then took about half, and still it has a 

 very full crop of perfect fruit. Notice the Clinton leaf, no rot or mildew." 



Leaf thin, with a decided Clinton look ; berry and bunch, in size and color, 

 show its Clinton parentage, as also the flavor ; pulp slight, color red, sweet, mixed 

 with vinous. 



" Clinton and Foreign No. i, alias Janie Wylie. This has been hanging ripe 

 over a month." 



Berry above medium size, very dark chestnut, almost black, with blue bloom ; 

 bites like a Black Hamburg ; skin in the mouth seems like Black Hamburg. 

 Rich, sweet, and spirited ; leaf rather thin, and without any pubescence. 



The Salem Grape. — The Country Gentleman says, " This variety contin- 

 ues year after year to bear uniformly large, good fruit. Although it will not 

 compare in rich, high flavor with the Delaware, Walter, Diana, or Creveling, 

 yet the quality, such as it is, is exceedingly agreeable and pleasant. The 

 growth is strong and vigorous, and while some other varieties of Rogers' Hy- 

 brids have been variable with seasons, this continues to ripen uniformly and 

 without change." 



English Horticultural Exhibitions. — Mr. James Vick writes to the 

 American Rural Home from Liverpool, that he attended a horticultural exhibi- 

 tion at St. George's Hall the day after he arrived there, and that it was remarka- 

 ble only for splendid specimens of hot-house plants and pine-apples ; and these 

 he found to be the leading features in all the horticultural exhibitions which he 

 attended in England. 



