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deed, it is often sweet when not colored. It 

 has a peculiar animal odor before ripe, which 

 has been variously characterized, and some- 

 times rather too broadly for good taste. This 

 odor, however, gradually disappears as the 

 fruit approaches full maturity, and almost 

 ceases to be offensive. When young, the vine 

 is disposed to overbear, and hence ripens its 

 fruit imperfectly. It is only as the vine ac- 

 quires age that the sugary sweetness and high 

 vinous flavor of the Diana are fully developed, 

 and then we see its great superiority to the 

 Catawba. It requires peculiar treatment, how- 

 ever ; and this is so little understood that it has 

 been a great drawback to its cultivation. It 

 will ripen in a considerable portion of the 

 New-England States, in well-chosen and shel- 

 tered positions. We have said that the Diana 

 is hardy, but this is true only when its wood 

 is mature. In a soil too rich it makes a very 

 rampant growth, that is neither very hardy 

 nor productive. It needs a deep, dry, but not 

 rich soil. 



ALLEN'S HYBEID. 



Alleris Hybrid originated with Mr. J, 

 Fisk Allen, of Salem, Massachusetts, a gen- 



