220 AMEEICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



EUMELAN. 



The Eumelan sprang up, some twenty years 

 ago, in the yard of Mr. Thorne, at the end of 

 the Long Dock at Fishkill Landing, where we 

 should little expect to find a grape. Mr. 

 Thorne died ; and his brother, perceiving its ex- 

 cellence, determined to transplant it to his own 

 grounds; but it died in consequence of having its 

 roots badly broken off among the rocks. A few 

 cuttings, however, had been taken off, and from 

 these the present vines were grown. We know 

 but little of the habit of the vine, except that 

 it is hardy, ripens early, and bears good crops. 

 The fruit, however, is excellent, and entirely dis- 

 tinct, resembling none of the Isabella family, 

 except in color, and is free from " foxy " odor. 

 The bunch is of good size and compact, and the 

 berry nearly round, of a deep purple or bluish 

 black color, and thickly covered with a light 

 bloom. The flesh is thoroughly tender and 

 melting, ripening uniformly to the center, and 

 the juice sweet, sprightly, and decidedly vinous. 

 It is a pleasure to meet a grape sometimes that 

 is in no danger of being confounded with some- 

 thing else. It is now in the possession of Dr. 

 C. W. Grant. 



Of most of the following new kinds we have 



