VOL. Ill] OCTOBER, 1880. [No. 10. 



THE PBENTISS GRAPE. 



Through the politeness of Mr. T. S. Hubbard, of Fredonia, N. Y., we 

 are enabled to present to our readers a colored plate of this new white 

 grape, a copy of which he has generously donated in this way to each 

 of the members of qur Association, and by which this number of the 

 Canadian Horticulturist is so handsomely embellished. 



The history of this grape is simply this : Mr. J. W. Prentiss, of 

 Pultney, Steuben County, N. Y., sowed a quantity of seed of the 

 Isabella grape something over fifteen years ago, from which there 

 sprang a large number of seedlings, of which this white grape was one. 

 It would seem that either the results did not prove to be very satis- 

 factory to Mr. Prentiss, or that in the multiplicity of matters requiring 

 ]iis attention he lost sight of his seedling grape vines and left them to 

 shift for themselves, for we are informed that when he first noticed the 

 fruit of this vine it was growing in the grass in a neglected condition. 

 At length he was induced to take it up and plant it where he could 

 give it better cultivation. Under improved treatment the vine im- 

 proved, and manifested such good qualities, that, pleased with its 

 fruit fulness and the flavor of the grape, he increased the number of 

 the vines and planted them out for fruiting until he had some two 

 liundred of them in bearing. About this time Mr. Hubbard, who is 

 always on the lookout for new grapes of good quality, became aware 

 of its existence, and pleased with what he heard and saw, made an 

 arrangement with Mr. Prentiss to propagate and disseminate this grape, 

 to which he gave, in honor of the rijiser, the name of Prentiss. 

 Having grown a sufficient number of the vines, ne now oflers them to 

 the public, and adopts this very generous method of calling the 

 attention of the members of the Eruit Growers' Association of Ontario 

 to his favorite, 



"We first saw this grape at the meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society, held at Rochester, i-i.^.t-'nil^Mr, 1870, wliere Mr. Hubbard 



