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apt to rot in rainy weather. In this State, it ripens unevenly ; 

 part of the bunches remaining hard and green until frost cuts 

 them off. It is a little too late for vineyard culture here, but will 

 give satisfaction, if trained to the south side of a house or fence. 

 The Delaware is a beautiful, amber grape, with a tinge of rose 

 color. It is sweet, juicy and melting, with a dehcate flavor. The 

 vine is hardy, and when fully established, prolific ; though there 

 are many vines Avhich produce more wood than fruit. In quality, 

 it is not surpassed by any native. The medium or small size of 

 its fruit is its only fault. It requires a richer soil and more gen- 

 erous feeding than any other grape. When trained low and well 

 ripened, it has made wine in all respects superior to Catawba, 

 grown in the same locality the same year ; both grapes being per- 

 fectly ripe. Grapes for the garden and south walls, to be grown 

 only where they can have Avinter protection, are Allen's Hybrid, 

 Rebecca, Union Village, Isabella, Diana'; New ones, on trial, 

 Adirondac, lona, Israella, Roger's Hybrids, Framingham Seed- 

 ling, Winchester. The Clinton is said to make good red wine, 

 (claret,) but its growth is so rampant that it cannot be managed 

 with profit in a vineyard. 



Diseases. 



• Mildew and rot are apt to attack vines when hot weather suc- 

 ceeds that which is cold and moist. Sudden and extreme changes 

 of temperature seem to be the exciting cause. Wet and clay soils 

 are more subject to these diseases than such as are dry, sandy and 

 well drained. Mildew is a fungoid growth, which appears, first, 

 on the under surface of the leaf, and rapidly creeps over it. It 

 also attacks the berries, which then fail to ripen. The best rem- 

 edy, is sulphur, sprinkled on the leaves and earth among the vines. 

 The rot attacks the berries in July ; they turn bfack or red in 

 spots, and fall off. No remedy has been discovered for it. 



Final Advice. 



Plant the Concord to sell as a market fruit. If you wish to 

 raise only one variety, take that ; for it will flourish in poorer soil 

 than any other. If you desire several varieties, plant Creveling 

 and Hartford Prolific in small proportion ; though their ability to 

 endure our hard winters has not been so well proved as that of the 

 Concord and Delaware. If you wish to make wine, take a rich 

 soil on the S. or S. W. side of a hill, and plant the Delaware. 

 Excellent wine has also been made from the Concord. Late in 

 the fall, cut the vines clear of the stakes and let them lie upon 

 the ground, or cover them with earth. The increased certainty 

 of a crop will pay for tiie expense. 



