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four years and he says they will undoubtedly do well in 

 Colorado. 



At Fountain City, twelve miles south of Colorado 

 Lprings, much attention is being given to fruit culture, 

 and much fruit is being raised there. Mr. O. S. Loomis, 

 has been quite successful in growing grapes. He thinks 

 Southern Colorado will become a great grape country. He 

 not only grows the hardy grapes of the labrusca varieties, 

 but has succeeded well with some of the vinifera. Last 

 season he had quite a quantity of Muscat grapes. He al- 

 ways buries his vines carefully in winter. 



Mr. J. H. Newcomb, in an address before the El Paso 

 County Horticultural Society, in October, 1881, gave it as 

 his firm belief that the best of the foreign varieties that 

 could be grown in Colorado is the Chasselas de Fontainbleu. 



Mr. V. Devinny is a firm believer in the ultimate suc- 

 cessful culture of the foreign varieties in this State. He 

 gives the following list of those that promise well in his 

 vineyard: Sweet Water, Chasselas Fontainbleu, Chasselas 

 Musque, Black Hamburg, Black Madeline. These are all 

 early varieties earlier than Concord ripening fruit as early 

 as the Delaware. 



SUGGESTED NEW GRAPES. 



Among the new varieties of great merit, Mr. E. R. 

 Cosson recommends the following: 



Duchess One of the most promising and rich flavored 

 of the new white grapes. Ripens between Delaware and 

 Concord ; foliage healthy ; vine very productive and per- 

 fectly hardy. Has stood unprotected, with mercury 24^ 

 degrees below zero, without injury. 



Early Victor This variety is one of the hardiest of 

 the Labrusca type, vigorous in growth and very productive. 

 One week earlier than Moore's Early, and greatly superior 

 to it in flavor and quality. Reliable and certain in fruiting. 



