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promising grapes for out door culture we possess, this Is also 

 the opinion of one of the best judges and most scientific ama- 

 teurs in the cultivation of the grape in New York State, he 

 says " that No. 15 as ripened here at Ithaca, has to my taste a 

 resemblance to the Catawba, it is decidedly of that flavor, but 

 milder as a table grape, and about twice as large in size of ber- 

 ry as that variety. No. 4 as ripened here this year, is a fine 

 large black grape of sweet and mild flavor, better than the best 

 Isabella, this number reminds me of the Black Hamburg. As 

 the New England varieties improve as to sweetness for 

 two or three years, after their removal here, I shall expect 

 very much from these hybrids." The same testimony has been 

 given from Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Canada. From this 

 last place I received a paper containing an account of the re- 

 cent " Fruit Growers Convention " in Canada West. In their 

 report on grapes exhibited, they say of Rogers' No. 15, " Not 

 pulpy, best of the new grapes, berry and bunch large." Anoth- 

 er cultivator in the same locality, says, "Rogers' No. 15 very 

 hardy, early, fine flavor, large berry, and fine bunch, well 

 shouldered." J. B. Garber of Pennsylvania, (who is said, in 

 the " Germantown Telegraph," to have had more experience in 

 fruiting these hybrids than any other person in the State,) says, 

 '' That he has fruited thirteen varieties of these new grapes 

 this season, and that they are one and all superior to nine-tenths 

 of the kinds in common cultivation, vigorous and fine growers, 

 the wood ripening perfectly, and thus far with him, no mildew, 

 rot, or any defect whatever, some were ripe the first week in 

 September, and none ripened later than the Concord, and all 

 were fully ripe before either the Isabella or Catawba." 



The American grape is now receiving great attention in the 

 vine-growing regions of Europe, especially France, where it 

 is being introduced with the hope, that it ivill he free 

 from the disease which attacks and sometimes destroys the Euroiiean 

 vine. The cultivation of the grape, particularly in Western 

 New York, is considered a profitable crop. Mr. McKay has 

 realized during many successive years from one thousand to 

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