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oval, black, sweet, and good; ripe Sept. 5; worthy of 

 trial as an early grape. 



B ague's Eureka. " The Attica Atlas" (N.Y.) describes 

 this as stronger, earlier, and better than the Isabella, which 

 it resembles. 



Clover-street Black. Originated by Jacob Moore of 

 Rochester, N.Y., and said to be a cross between Diana 

 and Black Hamburg. Bunch large and well shouldered ; 

 berries large, black, with a fine bloom ; flesh tender, with 

 little pulp, sweet, spirited, and excellent ; was fully ripe 

 when exhibited Sept. 20. Promises well. 



Dana. A seedling by Francis Dana of Roxbury, 

 Mass., which is described by Mr. Hyde, Chairman of t e 

 Fruit Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, as follows: "Bunch of medium size, shouldered, 

 compact, with a peculiar red stem ; the berries of rather 

 large size, nearly round, red, with a rich, heavy bloom, so 

 that, when fully ripe, they appear almost black ; as free 

 from pulp as the Delaware ; not so sweet, but more spir- 

 ited and vinous, and yet not an acid grape." This grape 

 is now under trial. 



Diana Hamburg. Another hybrid by Mr. Moore, 

 of Rochester, N.Y., and thus described in "Hovey's 

 Magazine : " " Clusters very large, six to eight inches in 



