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the weather, none but the hardiest survived. Of these, the following four 

 have already fruited, and are unquestionably varieties of great merit : — 



The Brlnclde — (Raabe's No. 1) — Bunch large, rather compact, sometimes 

 shouldered ; berry five-eighths of an inch in diameter, round, black ; flesh 

 solid, not pulpy ; flavor rich, vinous, and saccharine ; quality " hest.^'' 

 Fruited in 1850 for the first time. 



The Emily — (No. 2.) — Bunch large, not very compact, occasionally shoul- 

 dered ; berry below medium, from three-eighths to half of an inch in diam- 

 eter ; round ; pale red ; flesh very juicy, with little or no pulp ; flavor sac- 

 charine and delicious ; quality " 6esi," for an out-door grape. Fruited in 

 1850 for the first time. 



Tlie Raahe — (No. 3.) — Bunch small, compact, rarely shouldered ; berry 

 below medium ; round ; dark red, thickly covered with bloom ; flesh very 

 juicy, with scarcely any pulp ; flavor saccharine, with a good deal of the 

 Catawba aroma; quality "6es/." Although the Raabe originated in the 

 same bed with the Brinckle and Emily, its unequivocal Catawba flavor and 

 native leaf induce us to believe that it sprung from a chance seed of the 

 Catawba that had accidentally gained admission into the bed. This opin- 

 ion is strengthened by the fact that the Catawba was in bearing in Mr. 

 Raabe's garden, at the time he planted the seed he received from Germany. 

 It fruited in 1850 for the first time. 



The Clara — (No. 4) — Bunch medium; not compact; berry medium; 

 round ; green, faintly tinged with salmon when exposed to the sun ; flesh 

 tender, juicy ; flavor rich, sweet, and delicious ; quality " hesV Fruited 

 the present season for the first time. 



From B. Gulliss, the Gorgas Peach, two and one-half inches, by two and 

 three-quarters; roundish, with a slight prominence at the apex; dull green- 

 ish white, clouded and blotched with red on the exposed side ; cavity wide, 

 rather deep ; stone free ; flesh whitish, slightly stained at the stone, juicy ; 

 flavor saccharine, and exceedingly luscious ; quality "6es<;" period of ma- 

 turity middle to end of September. This fine serrate variety originated 

 v/ith Benjamin Gulliss, N. E. corner of Pine and Schuylkill Eighth streets, 

 from a stone of the Morris White, planted in 1846. It fruited in 1850 for 

 the first time. 



From H. B. Lindley, Athens, Ohio, enormous specimens of an apple, la- 

 belled Rhode Island Sweet, but which we regard as Lijmaii's Pumpkin Sweet. 

 Some of them were more than three inches long, and nearly four wide, and 

 ■weighed 17 ounces ; seed small, short, plump, oval ; flavor sweet and pleas- 

 ant; quality "g-oo(/." 



From W. Graham, Philadelphia, the Graham Grape, an accidental seed- 

 ling, raised by Mr. Graham. It sprung up in 1845, and fruited in 1850 for 

 the first time. Bunch of medium size, shouldered, not compact; berry half 

 an inch in diameter, round, purple, thickly covered with a blue bloom ; con- 

 tains little or no pulp, and abounds in a saccharine juice of agreeable fla- 

 vor ; quality " 6e5<." The leaf indicates its native parentage. It is proba- 

 bly a natural cross between the Bland and Elsinborough, both of which 

 were in bearing in the garden where it originated. 



