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we place the grapes of this group in the follow- 

 ing order : lona, Delaware, Allen! s Hybrid, Di- 

 ana, Catawba. We look upon the grape as 

 a nourishing and refreshing food; all grapes, 

 therefore, that are not tender and digestible, 

 should be excluded from the table. It is only 

 the first three that fully meet these conditions. 

 3d. for Market. We have already stated 

 the conditions which should obtain in grow- 

 ing grapes for market. The following, then, 

 will be the order of this group : lona, Dela- 

 ware, Catawba, Diana, Alleris Hybrid. The 

 Allen is placed last because of our inability 

 to produce it in quantity. It will always 

 command a higher price than the Catawba. 

 If the treatment of the Diana should ever be 

 mastered, so as to insure its more general culti- 

 vation, it will be found more profitable than 

 the Catawba : it is a better grape, and a better 

 keeper. We imagine, however, that it will be 

 chiefly grown for wine. In regard to the 

 others, enough is known to place their relative 

 market value beyond a doubt. It is by no 

 means the most productive grape that is best 

 for market ; that clearly is best which will 

 net the most profit. Up to a recent period 

 the market was monopolized by the Isabella 



