this quality from the foreign parent. Thus from our wild 

 grape, Mr. R., following the process of Knight of England 

 with pears and cherries, has produced in a short time, varie- 

 ties, which it might have taken a long course of years to get 

 by the chance method of Van Mens, viz., beginning with the 

 wild variety, and sowing the seed through successive genera- 

 tions, and whose best fruits after all perhaps, were only acci- 

 dental crosses, made by the bees, and from the pollen, floating 

 in the air, from the many varieties which he had growing and 

 blossoming together ; by the latter process many thousand 

 seedlings were raised to produce a few good fruits, -while by 

 the other method of hybridizing with a view to certain results, 

 nearly all the seedlings prove superior, and very nearly, with 

 the valuable properties we wish, as is the case with these 

 grapes. Mr. R, knowing what was wanted, chose the wild 

 variety on account of its hardiness and earliness (in preference 

 to the Isabella,) for the mother of the new variety, and for the 

 male parent ; the two hardiest of the foreign species, viz., 

 the Black Hamburg and the White Chasselas ; and from these 

 two species have come numerous valuable varieties, possessing 

 many of the qualities desired ; such as hardiness of vine, 

 earliness and delicacy of fruit. These grapes are sent out by 

 numbers; No. 15 has ripened for four or five years in succes- 

 sion, when many other, much praised kinds, have failed,, and 

 this year especially, it has proved fine in many places, and su- 

 perior to any kind that we know for its fine flavor. We have 

 even heard many say that they preferred this to many of the 

 foreign varieties from under glass, and this is not the only- val- 

 uable kind among these new seedlings ; there are>many other 

 varieties, which are thought nearly equal, and a few quite as 

 good. Nos. 1, 3, 4, 9, 14, 28, 30, 33, 41. 43 and 44, and 

 others which we have not as yet seen. The above mentioned 

 sorts are all earlier than the Isabella, and many of them earli- 

 er, larger and much su|>erior to the Concord in quality. An 

 intelligent Scotch gardener who has had mnch experience in 

 the culture of the grape, considers these hybrids to be most 



