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selectest list I have placed Worden. This grape is 

 a positive marvel. It is a seedling of Concord, but, 

 unlike that grape, it is sweet as soon as colored, 

 while a Concord is sour until it has reached the 

 stage of shiny blackness. The Worden may be 

 classed as the very best early black, and Herbert as 

 the best late black. Niagara is another magnifi- 

 cent production, carrying its huge bunches, in pro- 

 digious quantities, on vines that are remarkably 

 healthy. Lindley and Brighton are incomparably 

 fine among the red grapes, but each has its draw- 

 backs. Lindley is very long-jointed, and not a per- 

 fect self-pollenizer; in fact, quite defective, while 

 Brighton is the poorest self-pollenizer in the whole 

 list. Large vineyards of this grape were planted in 

 the Hudson valley, and were plowed out by the in- 

 dignant owners before they found that it needed 

 a good neighbor, like Worden. Goertner is a 

 much better self-pollenizer, but not quite perfect. 



I should include Diamond in my list of the very 

 best varieties, if it were not so irregular in its date 

 of ripening, and, when ripe, were not so variable in 

 quality, while to this we must add that the vine is 

 unusually susceptible to disease. For running 

 headlong over rocks, and climbing over arbors, 



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