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and beautiful, abundant clusters of fruit, whose flavor can 

 best be described as that of distilled rose water. 



E. J. HUBBARD : I grow Concord, Talman, Hartford 

 and Ives' Seedling. . The Talman ripens August' i/th with 

 me and is in every respect perfect. I think, however, that 

 the Concord is more particularly adapted to the soil and 

 climate of Southern Colorado than any other variety. 



PERRY WHITE : I have some five or six hundred vines,, 

 mostly Concord, some Delaware, and some Rogers No. 15. 

 I consider the Concord the best grape as far as yield is con- 

 cerned, the grapes being large and the clusters full. The 

 Delaware, however, is the sweetest grape. 



VALENTINE DEVINNY: I place the following in the order 

 of their excellence with me: Chasselas, Delaware, Cham- 

 pion, Massasoit, Black Hamburg, Croton, Martha, Brighton. 

 The Hartford Prolific, Crevelling and Ives do not do well 

 with me on clay soil. 



G. W. WEBSTER : The Concord grape proves by far the 

 best for Colorado. It is the grape for the million. The 

 Hartford Prolific is a standard. The Clinton for a sour 

 grape is recommended. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES. 



V. Devinny claims that the foreign varieties, Vitis Vini- 

 fera, such as the Chasselas, Frontegnans, the Muscats, etc., 

 etc. are to be the market grapes of Colorado. He says : 

 " These noble sorts never mildew nor rot in the pure, health- 

 ful air of our climate, and as they are far superior in quality 

 and flavor to any other, they are a great acquisition, and 

 will, in the not distant future, be produced in vast abundance 

 for home consumption and export." 



W. A. Helm has over sixty bearing vines. In addition 

 to the Concord and other Eastern grapes, he has grown for 

 several years four California varieties, the Muscatel, Rose of[_ 

 Peru, Sweet Water and White Chasselas, all white except 

 the Rose of Peru. These have been in bearing for the last 



