THE GRAPE. 



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in its pulp, exceedingly sweet but sprightly, vinous, and aromatic, 

 and is well characterised by Mr. Prince"^ as our highest flavour- 

 ed and most delicious hardy grape. It is a vigorous grower, an 

 early and profuse bearer, and probably more hardy than Isabella 

 or Catawba. In the garden of Mr. Thomson, where all other 



Delaware. 



kinds were nearly destroyed by the unprecedented cold of '65 

 and '56, this alone was uninjured. It ripens nearly, or quite, 



* Remarks in bringing it before the Pomoloa:ical Congress. 

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