THE GRAPE CULTURIST. 



MEADE'S SEEDLING. 



Supposed to be an accidental seedling; found in the 

 garden of John Meade, Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1847. 

 Said to be a seedling of the Catawba ; if so, it is so near 

 like its parent that I have not been able to detect the dif- 

 ference. 



MILES. 



Bunches medium. Berries medium, black, oblong. 

 Sweet, rather buttery, but good. Very early. Vine a 

 strong and vigorous grower. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



A large black fox grape, quite early. Sweet, but with 

 so much of the foxy character that it is not worthy of being 

 called good. 



NEBRASKA. 



I have received several vines from Nebraska, under dif- 

 ferent names, but so far they appear to be all of the same 

 variety, possessing no particular value to the vineyardist. 

 They are, however, in a botanical sense, quite interesting. 



ONTARIO. 



This was supposed to be a new and distinct variety, but 

 I believe it is generally admitted by our best judges to be 

 the Union Village. 



OPORTO. 



Although this variety has been christened with a foreign 

 name, probably because it was thought it would make a 

 wine similar to port, still it is a true native, of the same 

 species as the Taylor's Bullitt, and possessing the same 

 defect in its flowers. The bunches are usually very imper- 

 fect. Berries small, black, harsh, and very acid. It is, 

 take it altogether, the poorest, with one exception, of all 

 the varieties that it has been my lot to purchase. It is 



