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known, and who left no account of them. It is still commonly- 

 known as the Segar Box in that vicinity. 



It is now supposed to be the same as the Jack Grape culti- 

 vated near Natchez, Mississippi, and was so called from an old 

 Spaniard of the name of Jaques, who introduced the vine. It 

 is most likely a foreign sort, and, except in a few localities, a 

 sandy soil and a mild climate, it is not likely to succeed ; it will 

 not stand our winters here. 



The wood is strong, long jointed, lighter red than that of the 

 Norton's Virginia, and smooth, with peculiarly pointed buds. 

 Leaves large, trilobed. 



Bunches large and long, from six to 

 ten inches, and often fifteen inches in 

 length, rather loose, tapering, shoulder- 

 ed. Berries, small, round. Skin thin, 

 purple, with a blue bloom. Flesh tender, 

 and melting, without any pulp, brisk and 

 vnnous. 

 This grape is a good bearer, requires to 

 Ohio. be well pruned, and the wood laid-in thin 



and long. 



Raabe. 



Raised by Peter Raabe, (thought to be hardy.) 



Bunches small, compact, rarely shouldered. Berry below 

 medium size, round, dark red, thickly covered with bloom. 

 Flesh very juicy, with scarcely any pulp. Flavour saccharine, 

 with a good deal of the Catawba aroma. Quality " best." (Ad. 

 Int. Rep.) 



Rebecca. 



A new variety. First disseminated last season. 



Bunches nearly cylindric, about four inches long by two and 

 a half inches in diameter, very compact, and heavy, often 

 shouldered. Berries of full, medium size, oval, and generally 

 much compressed, strongly adhering to the peduncle. Colour 

 light green in the shade, auburn or golden in the sun, and 

 covered with a light bloom, considerably translucent. Flesh 

 of some consistence, juicy, sweet, and delicious, with a per- 

 ceptible native perfume, but very agreeable. It has no touoh- 

 ness or acidity in its pulp, and ripens eight or ten days ear- 

 lier than Isabella, and keeping a long time after it is ga- 

 thered. 



This superior hardy white grape is undoubtedly a native — a 

 I'hance seedling in the garden of E. M. Peake, of Hudson, N. 

 v., where it has been growing about nine years, and there 



