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new grape will favor our readers with the results of their experience 

 in due time. We do not expect that it will be successfully grown in 

 any locality where the Delawjare does not ripen, but we do expect 

 that wherever the Delaware matures its fruit perfectly there the Pren- 

 tis will succeed. Of this however there can be no question, that in 

 all localities where it iloes do well it will be prized as a welcome 

 addition to our list of table grapes. 



JAMES DOUGALL'S SEEDLING PLUMS. 



We have received from Mr. Dougall, of the Windsor Nurseries, 

 two varieties of seedling plums of great excellence. He has not yet 

 given them names, though in our estimation they well deserve to be 

 named and cultivated. The variety marked "No. 5" is a large plum, 

 roundish oval in form, stem slender, and about half an inch in length, 

 inserted in a small cavity ; color greenish yellow, covered with a white 

 bloom. Flesh yellow, parting freely from the stone ; sweet and juicy, 

 Mr. Dougall states that the tree is a very strong grower, and very 

 liardy. This is the first season of fruiting. 



"No. 2" is about the same size as the one above described, and 

 greatly resembles it in form and general appearance, having however 

 a slight tinge of red on the sunny side, which is not to be found on 

 any of the specimens of " No. 5" received by us. The color is yellow, 

 dashed with stripes of light green, and covered with a white bloom, 

 •^'he liesh is yellow, parts freely from the stone, juicy, sweet and rich. 

 This tree is also stated by Mr. Dougall to be a very strong grower 

 and very hardy, and to have borne this year for the first time. Both 

 of them are chance seedlings. 



THE NIAGARA GRAPE. 



The following, taken from the Countnj Gentleman, is from the pen 

 of the horticultural Editor, Mr. J. J. Thomas, long known as a dis- 

 tinguished and able pomologist : — 



A visit to the vineyards of H. C. lloa;?, of Lockport, furnished us an 

 opportunity for examining several hundred vines of the Niagara grape in 

 bearing. As much interest has been felt by the grape-growing public as 

 to the character and value of this new variety, we give briefly the result 

 of our examination. One of its most striking characteristics is the great 

 vigor of its growth. Shoots of the present season half an inch in diameter 



