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its excellent quality makes it desirable for garden culture. 

 It is a litfcle tender, and requires covering. Bunches me- 

 dium, compact ; berries above medium, oval, pale, yellow- 

 ish-green ; flesh tender, sweet, with a slight native aroma, 

 which gives character, with little pulp; ripens with the 

 Concord. 



Rogers' } s Hybrids. It is a public misfortune that this 

 large family of seedlings has been disseminated without 

 names, and before they were tested. A great majority 

 of the number, though en improvement upon the parent 

 Mammoth, are yet below the standard of table-grapes. 

 They all claim to be hybrids ; the Black Hamburg and 

 other foreign kinds being the male parents, and the wild 

 Mammoth being the female. Mr. E. S. Rogers of Salem, 

 Mass., is deserving of much credit for his skill and enter- 

 prise in hybridizing ; and it is hoped and believed, that, 

 from his numerous seedlings, some will prove to be of per- 

 manent value. 



N"o. 1 indicates its foreign blood, in foliage, and charac- 

 ter of the fruit: its leaves suffer somewhat from the 

 effects of our clear sun, and also from mildew; yet it 

 is a grape of fine appearance and good quality, and 

 meets with favor at the South, where it is more certain 

 of ripening. Bunches large, shouldered; berries large, 



