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thickness, great length and vigor, and a moder- 

 ate number of laterals. The canes often branch 

 off with a fork, having a double bud at the base, 

 a freak of more frequent occurrence with this, 

 than any other variety we know of. Wood very 

 hard, with a small pith. 



We have watched this grape closely, and with 

 particular interest, and have become firmly con- 

 vinced that it is an important addition to our 



THE HINE GRAPE. 



list of wine grapes. If productiveness, general 

 hardihood and health, and a superior wine can 

 entitle a new variety to consideration, this va- 

 riety certainly deserves it at the hands of our 

 vintners. Its wine is entirely different and dis- 

 tinct from anything else we have, and which we 

 hope will be the American Madeira, so anxious- 

 ly sought by our connoisseurs. At the trial 6f 

 wines, at Hermann, Mo., held on the 17th ot 

 f May, 1869, the "Hermann" attract, 

 ed general attention. An extra pre- 

 mium was awarded to it. 



Let not our readers suppose that 

 it will be a universal grape, howev- 

 er. For our locality and further 

 south it will be eminently desirable ; 

 "It is a pity that it has not been 

 more extensively planted as yet;" 

 but much further north it will hard- 

 ly attain the perfection requisite to 

 make a superior wine, as it ripens 

 so late. It will, we think, be found 

 specially adapied to southern slopes 

 and limestone soil, though it seems 

 to have all, or even more, of the har- 

 dihood of its parent. It is a true 

 JEstivalis in leaf and habit. 



Mr. Langendorfer has lately raised 

 some forty Hermann Seedlings, from 

 which he selected, as the best, a white 

 seedling of the Hermann, which 

 seems very vigorous and productive, 

 promising to be a -most valuable 

 white wine grape, and the first of 

 that class (^Estivalis) with WHITE 

 berries. The one bottle of wine 

 made from it is as excellent in qual- 

 ity as the grape is remarkable for its 

 color; some good judges who tasted 

 the wine said: it is exceedingly 

 smooth and fine ; in bouquet plainly 

 showing Hermann origin, only as 

 much finer and pleasanter than Her- 

 mann, as good Cynthiana is finer 

 and better than Norton's Virginia. 



The originator does not intend to 

 disseminate this new variety for 

 several years, and has not decided 

 upon a name for this grape. 



Hine. (Labr.) A seedling of 

 the Catawba, raised by Jason Brown 

 (son of John Brown) at Put-in-Bay, 

 Ohio. It makes a good-sized, com- 

 pact, slightly shouldered bunch; 

 berry medium, of a dark rich claret 



