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taining the meal, I state in confirmation of the fact, that I have fre- 

 quently understood from my father, that rye might be preserved for a 

 great length of time, free from must, by the same process, and that 

 he had frequently tried the experiment. 



Whatever theories may be, the club is always vs'illing and glad to 

 ■have facts of a useful kind brought forward. 



Jlpril 14, 1847. 



Judge Livingston in the chair. 



Jinnales de la Societe Royal, d* Horticulture, Paris, December, 1846. 



Translated by H. Meigs. 



Report by Monsieur Poiteau. 



Mon. Vibert has occupied himself for a long time in the multipli- 

 cation of grapes for the table, by planting the seeds of grapes, and 

 his perseverance, although not gratefully rewarded, has nevertheless 

 gained some very encouraging results. Besides his gain from the 

 seedlings he has collected also table grapes, so that his catalogue now 

 contains eighty-nine varieties of good table grapes. 



Mr. Vibert says, and others have repeated his remarks, that the 

 American grape called Isabella, ought to be called Alexander. This 

 grape arrived in Paris, about fifteen or sixteen years ago with the two 

 above mentioned names attached to it. Mons. Jaques is the first who 

 showed its fruit ripe to the Royal Society of Horticulture of Paris. 

 This grape has a very particular and very marked taste, which has 

 been compared with that of the fruit Cassis. Ribes Nigrum L. and 

 since that, has been Ctilled in Paris the Cassis grape. It has been 

 proposed to use it to give a particular bouquet to ordinary wine,* I 

 ^0 not know whether this has yet been tried. Houever this may be, 

 the Cassis grape, with the Cassis taste, has not made its fortune, few 

 persons eat the Cassis, and some find a bug taste in it. 



This grape, although a curious one, has not been multiplied, Iknow 

 a few gardens where it had been introduced and afterwards suppressed. 

 When the fruit of this vine is known, it may be averred, that its very 

 marked taste is never forgotten. I wished to know which of the two 

 names, Isabella or Alexander, had been given to it in America, for 

 this purpose I consulted the new American Orchardist of W, Kenrick 



