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or there is no out-door grape superior to it, either for table or for wine, and I find 

 t to yield more juice than any other variety, I got twenty gallons pure juice 

 from ten vines. Of the Rogers' red varieties, I find the Lindley (No. 9) to be 

 the best. I have Nos. 3, 9, 15, and Salem. No. 3 always bears well with me 

 and the bunches are fairly compact. No. 9, which is reported as straggling in 

 its bunches as a rule, forms large compact bunches. The Agawam has a large 

 berry, but I find it to be a poor bearer. Salem is late and very apt to mildew 

 and has done so this year, though I like its flavor. I only grow the Herbert among 

 Rogers' black varieties. It is late, but is a handsome, good flavored grape. 

 The Brighton's bear well and is an excellent grape, productive, and, when ripe, 

 is difficult to surpass. The Vergenne^: 'succeeds well with me, and this year I 

 had some very large, handsome bunches. One vine had at least fifty bunches on 

 it, more than half of which were very large ; it is a good keeper and I like its 

 somewhat unusual flavor. I have had them in March or April. I merely put 

 them in the ordinary grape baskets, with newspapers between each layer, and 

 hang them up in a cool cellar. My good opinion of this grape grows the longer 

 I have it. The Creveling, I find to be a first-class table and wine grape, and 

 difficult to be beaten. I know the books to say that it very seldom sets its 

 bunches, and for that reason is an unreliable variety. My first experience 

 agreed with this. I had two rows of them, each vine ten feet apart each way. 

 Each had two arms, each arm ten feet. Being dissatisfied, I took out every 

 alternate vine and planted with other varieties. To fill up the vacant spaces in 

 the mean time, I extended the Crevelings so that each had forty feet of bearing 

 wood. Since this was done my Crevelings have had the largest and handsomest 

 bunches in the garden. The crop has been enormous, probably fifty or sixty 

 pounds to a vine, and scarcely a bunch not well and closely filled. One of my 

 Lindleys is forty feet long and bears, the whole length, well-formed, large, hand- 

 some bunches and bears better than one (ten feet from it) which is only twenty 

 feet long. I have come to the conclusion that some of our varieties require long 

 pruning, and to get them in perfection you require to give them ample space. 

 If so, there is no reason why a Rogers should not bear one hundred good sized 

 bunches. The above is my experience, perhaps another might not find it to be 

 so. A friend told me the handsomest Isabella grape he ever saw was one 

 which had been allowed to cover a large space and bear heavily. 



At page 303 of the October Horticulturist the Elvira is recommended 

 for the amateur's garden. I have grown this variety for years, but, if I had only 

 room for a few, would never dream of growing it. I have it for covering sheds. 

 It is hardy, has large leaves, is of rapid growth, a heavy cropper but very late^ 

 and not at all a table grape ; when ripe it drops fearfully. 



I have not been successful with the Concord blood ; have had to throw 

 away Moore's Early, Lady Pocklington, etc., and have a poor opinion of them 

 all, but, in other localities, they may be better. I suppose what one seeks is 



