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No. 34. A superb-looking grape; the largest of the hybrids; 

 color black; skin thin; flesh tender; very productive; entirely 

 too acid. 



No. 36. A beautiful, large black grape; the berries covered with 

 a gloss)'- purple bloom; pulp tender, with a spicy, acid flavor; 

 skin thin; productive and vigorous; late in maturing. 



No. 39. Medium bunch and berries; flesh firm; gkin thick; 

 quality good. 



No. 41. Similar to No. 36 in size and productiveness; flavor 

 rather acid, yet, when fully ripe, of a pleasant piquancy. 



No. 43. One of the most attractive, with unfortunately a thick, 

 astringent skin; the pulp tender and juicy; may improve. 



No, 44. Bunch and berries of medium size; somewhat larger 

 than the Concord; a deep blue-black, with a thick skin and firm 

 flesh; flavor sweet; very pleasant; vigorous, hardy and fruitful; 

 one of the most desirable of the hybrids. 



Gen. Negley stated that they grow strawberries between the 

 grape rows, manuring highly, and giving good cultivation; that 

 their location is on a hill 500 feet high, sloping southward and 

 overlooking Pittsburg, and that the soil is common to most of 

 Western Pennsylvania, being over the coal measures. Several 

 boxes of fruit were distributed among the members, and highly 

 relished, particularly the Concords. Many placed it next to the 

 Catawba. But let nobody plant the Catawba except in localiti^ 

 where it is known to succeed. 



Dr. J- K Snodgrass. — If all the grape growers in our counti-y 

 will give us their experience in this manner, stating distinctly the 

 kind of soil, climate, and other peculiarities, those of our people 

 wishing to plant would obtain valuable information. 



Mr, L. L. Whitlock. — This is what people want. It will not do 

 for a dealer to send to a distant locality what is successful only 

 with hun. 



THE PERIODIC LAW. 



Mr, Geo. A. Leakin, Baltimore, Md. — While military chaplain 

 in a hospital, I had opportunities of investigating the phases of 

 mental emotions, and as my observations extended, I was led to 

 suspect the same periodic law as obtains in the world of nature. 



This principle, deduced from a number of facts, reflected increased 

 light on the facts themselves; just as the ascending dew, condensed 

 upon the mountains, trickles down the valleys and clarifies the 

 very lake whence it emanated (a cycle for ages unknown); or as 



