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in its pulp, exceedingly sweet but sprightly, vinous, and aromatic, 

 and is well characterised by Mr. Prince* as our highest flavour- 

 ed and most delicious hardy grape. It is a vigorous grower, an 

 early and profuse bearer, and probably more hardy than Isabella 

 or Catawba. In the garden of Mr. Thomson, where all other 



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kinds were nearly destroyed by the unprecedented cold of J 5ft 

 and J 56, this alone was uninjured. It ripens nearly, or quite. 



* Remarks in bringing it before the Poraolosrical Congress. 

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