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growers, and Mr. Brackett claims that it will ripen as early as the Isabella. 

 Of this fact we cannot speak any more decidedly till it shall have become 

 more widely disseminated, and in other hands and other localities, for we 

 should judge the location selected by Mr. Brackett as most favorable for the 

 fruiting of the vine. On referring to Mr. Allen's communication it will be 

 seen that the Union, as well as the Rebecca, did mildew. The Union, in 

 possession of your Chairman, did not show a particle of mildew. It was 

 planted in ground, the subsoil of which is a coarse gravel, and the field had 

 been subsoiled to the depth of two feet or more. There was also in the 

 same row, to stakes or posts, the Concord, Isabella (Cutter's,) Diana and 

 Breck, none of which showed mildew in the least. To be sure, the 

 drainage was, as a matter of course, good, and to this fact alone may pos- 

 sibly be attributed the escape from mildew. 



The Logan is a new grape, and was this year introduced for the first 

 time at our Annual Exhibition, by Geo. W. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio. It 

 is a black grape, Avith a rich blue bloom, larger than the Diana, but not so 

 large as the Isabella. The bunches were of the size of the Diana. We 

 should judge that it must ripen earlier than any other grape with which we 

 are acquainted, and this fact, added to its good quality and sweet flavor, will 

 insure its rapid introduction to notice. 



We have the pleasure of introducing the history (so far as known) of the 

 Logan, from Mr. Thompson: — 



Delaware, Ohio, January 9, 1858. 

 Eben. Wight, Chairman Fruit Committee Mass. Hort. Soc. 



Dear Sir: — In compliance with the request contained in your favor of 

 31st ult., I with pleasure give you such information as I am in possession 

 of regarding the history of the Logan Grape. 



My attention was attracted to it some four or five years since in one of 

 the Miami Valley counties, where it was cultivated both as the Catawba 

 and the Isabella, though bearing not a particle of resemblance to either, 

 being as distinct from them in fruit, wood and foliage as is the Delaware. 

 The authorities as to its origin I found conflicting — one party claiming that 

 it came from the woods in Logan County in this State ; the other, that the 

 first vine is from one of a promiscuous lot of cuttings received from a dis- 

 tant friend, and planted by a lady. The first party claims that the fruit 

 was cultivated in that locality long anterior to the planting of the cutting 

 referred to — the other admits that the grape he refers to was cultivated 

 before the cutting was planted, but insists that hers is a different, an earlier 

 and a better fruit. My opinion, as at present advised, is that the fruit and 

 vines are identical, the better location of that from the cutting (south side 

 of a house) accounting for its earlier ripening. My opportunities for com- 

 parison have not, however, been such as would be desirable in order to 

 warrant a positive decision ; but I am now testing the matter myself, on my 

 own premises, and hope soon to be able to settle that point. 



The vine is a fair grower, leaves deeply serrated, wood short -jointed, and 

 of that firm compact texture which is indicative of hardiness, the young 

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