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plaint published in the Sun by Mr. Fuller, that he had locked up tlie 

 "Walter in a glass case for fear people would steal it. He thought 

 the stricture uncalled for, and unworth}'^ a gentleman who had made 

 some reputation for himself as a small fruit culturist. He had been 

 ■^or many years laboring to produce a superior grape, and at last had 

 the pleasure of seeing a six year old vine of the Walter loaded with 

 sixty of the most beautiful and luscious clusters. .Those clusters he 

 had been careful of, and they had taken prizes or awards at seven 

 difi'erent fairs,, in every class of which the grape had been entered. 

 He could now offer to Mr. Fuller and other members of the club one 

 of these clusters. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — I think very highly of the "Walter ; it has merit 

 and great promise.- But how can we say it will do well on all soils 

 until it has been tried on a variety of .soils. What we know is that 

 the fruit of the vine in Mr. Caywood's yard is very excellent. I 

 cannot believe that Mr. Downing and others, if they had a vine of 

 such merit, would damage the originator by allowing persons to 

 propagate from it with cuttings. I am no enemy to the Walter, on 

 the contrary, I habitually speak well of it, -and believe it has a rich 

 future before it. 



W:m. S. Carpenter Grape — ^Prunes. 

 Mr. Daniel Thompson, Green Island, opposite Troy, showed 

 several varieties of seedlings, among which was what he claimed as 

 the Delaware, which he has had growing many years, and which he 

 called a foreign grape. A fine grape was also exhibited which he has 

 named the Wm. S. Carpenter, or out-door Hamburg ; the bvmch of 

 this variety is open, and is of great promise. He also showed a plate 

 of prunes, which he says do well on his grounds, and that they are 

 most successfully grown from the seed. Wliether this fi'uit can be 

 grown in this country with as sprightly a tfiste as in Germany is 

 uncertain. 



"Report on Tobacco Soap. 



The following was read and approved by the club : 

 The undersigned, appointed a conjmittee to consider and report 

 upon the merits of the compound termed " Sapo Tobacum," or tobacco 

 soap, to which the attention of the club was recently called by the 

 Tobacco Soap Company of Clifton, X . Y., respectfully ask leave to 

 report : 



