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mand as high a price as poor wine. These 

 grapes, when not too "foxy," will make fine 

 vinegar. Let them therefore be devoted to 

 a purpose more consistent with their character. 

 It will pay very much better than to waste 

 capital and labor in efforts to make wine 

 where there is none. 



But it is claimed that the Concord is an 

 exception. Let us briefly examine this claim. 

 It is said that the Concord at the West is a 

 much better grape than it is at the East. We 

 have been at much pains to procure the fruit 

 from the West, and we are compelled to say 

 that we can see no difference between a Con- 

 cord of the West and a Concord of the 

 East, both being equally ripe. This claim has 

 no foundation in fact ; an equally ripened Con- 

 cord is the same in both places. It is doubtless 

 true that it often ripens much better at the 

 Southwest than it does at the Northeast; and 

 that has probably given rise to the impression 

 that it is quite a different fruit at the West. 

 It is also claimed that the Concord at the 

 West can and does make real and excellent 

 wine. We have tasted it doctored and mixed, 

 and know what it is in that state. We 

 have taken much trouble to have procured 



