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we receive grapes from the West which are sold at the rate of a hundred to a 

 hundred and sixty dollars per ton, as has been the case in the Boston market 

 this fall. Neither is there any occasion. Our fruit is generally in better condi- 

 tion for retailing : it comes to the market before the heavy glut from the West 

 comes on ; and the lowest price, the past autumn, has been twelve dollars per 

 hundred pounds, at wholesale, for Concords of fair quality. This result has been 

 attained when the season has been precisely the reverse at the West, and un- 

 usually favorable for the grape. We may say again, in view of these facts, there 

 is no reason for discouragement. Tiiere is need of care and judgment ; but we 

 do not admit less confidence than in former years. With varieties we must 

 exercise extreme caution. 



"On the nth of September, the first grapes were exhibited ; Daniel Clark 

 showing a very fine dish of Concords, as before noticed. Their early maturity was 

 undoubtedly owing to the radiated heat of the rocks over which they were 

 trained. Gen. George H. Gordon of Framinghim exhibited on this day very 

 fine clusters of ripe grapes, calling for a name. They resembled the Hartford, 

 but were very superior, if, in reality, they were Hartfords. The majority of 

 your committee do not entertain a doubt that the Framingham, so called, is 

 identical with the Hartford, or else a seedling so closely resembling its parent 

 in quality and habits as to be undeserving a separate name. The exhibition of 

 fruit of the ' Main ' Grape confirms our previous opinion that it is the Concord. 

 There can be no doubt of this ; and though the persistent sale of an old variety 

 under a new name is a very plain question in ethics, yet the Concord has such 

 sterling excellences, that the public suffers less, in this case, than with a majority 

 of really new kinds. 



" Israella and Adirondac took the prize, Sept. 11, as the best early grapes on 

 exhibition. Different cultivators entertain precisely opposite opinions respect- 

 ing the Adirondac. With some, it is too tender for the winter, too subject to 

 mildew, and, in quality, lacks character; but,' in positions which are favorable, 

 the quality must be allowed to be very agreeable, and it is not strange, that, in 

 such cases, it should be pronounced the best early grape. 



" At our annual exhibition, the display of grapes was good, though not equal 

 to many seasons. We confine our report to the comparatively new kinds. 

 Stephen Underbill of Croton Point, N.Y., exhibited seedlings which deserve 

 special attention, on account of their fine appearance and superior quality. A 

 white grape, a cross of White Chasselas with Delaware, somewhat resem- 

 bling the Rebecca, is evidently early, very sweet, and of good quality ; and is 

 said to be hardy, vigorous, and productive. Another cross of Concord and Chas- 

 selas much resembled White Frontignan in the appearance of bunch and berry. 

 The quality was brisk, juicy, vinous, and, if fully ripe, we should say superior. 



" Another cross of Concord and Black Prince resembles the latter, is firm 

 and crisp, but probably too late for us. Another of the same parentage, not 

 quite so large, with long and shouldered bunch, was brisk, juicy, and good, re- 

 sembling the Prince in quality ; and appears to be fully as early as the Concord. 

 Yet another, from the same, was dead ripe, and doubtless is as early as the 

 Hartford. It was sweet, juicy, with a slight Catawba aroma, and though some of 



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