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it was raised from a seed of a Smyrna raisin, by Miss Gale of 

 the latter city. Mr. D. who has seen the fruit, represents the 

 vine to be very vigorous and prolific, the clusters of uniform 

 appearance, handsomely shaped without shoulders, and round- 

 ed at the top and base ; the berries not quite as large as those 

 of the Meunier or Miller grape, but of beautiful appearance, 

 devoid of pulp, replete with pleasant juice, and set with great 

 compactness on the bunches. Having myself examined the 

 foliage particularly, I find it to bear so strong a similarity 

 to the Meunier, that it is evidently of that family : the fruit I 

 have not seen, but Miss Gale informs me that it very much 

 resembles the Black cluster. 



NASHUA. 



A correspondent in Pennsylvania writes me, that he has two 

 varieties of grapes received from the state of Maine, which are 

 reported to be very fine, one of which is called by the above 

 title ; neither has yet fruited with him, and he is unable to 

 give descriptions of them at this time. I make them here a 

 subject of record to elicit future investigation. 



WINDSOR. 



This vine I received from our highly intelligent and spirited 

 fellow citizen, John C. S. Monkur, Esq. Corresponding Secre- 

 tary of the Maryland Society for the promotion of the vine 

 culture. He states that it was found growing wild twelve 

 miles north of Baltimore, at Windsor, the plantation of George 

 Fitzhugh, Esq. It is very luxuriant, a great bearer, and has 

 every appearance of our common chicken grape, but very 

 far exceeds it in the deliciousness of its fruit. The clusters 

 are large and long, the berries round, of a blue colour, in size 

 larger than the ordinary wild grape, and replete with a grate- 

 ful juice, resembling in taste the Meunier or Fromente. It 

 ripens there the last week in August, and makes an excellent 

 wine. 



