REPORT OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 43 



keep well, and are not apt to spront ; they spread a little more in 

 the hills than the other varieties, and are very superior, both for 

 boiling and baking. 



The above potatoes were exhibited at the Farmers' Club on the 

 2d of December last, and were much admired. Qne of your com- 

 mittee tried the various kinds for table use, and reports very favor- 

 ably of their cooking qualities. 



Mr. Bulkeley has devoted much time and attention to the im- 

 provement of this valuable esculent, and your committee take great 

 pleasure in recommending that the silver medal of the Institute be 

 awarded to him for the best peck of seedling potatoes. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JAS. J. MAPES, 

 WM. S. CARPENTER, 



New York, January 31, 1863. Committee. 



Report on Seedling Grapes. 



The committee to whom was referred the specimens of seedling 

 grapes offered for premiums, respectfully report : 



The two specimens offered to the inspection of your committee 

 were, the Adirondac grape, from Mr. John W. Bailey, of Platts- 

 burgh, Clinton county, N. Y., and the Fancher seedling grape, from 

 Mr. F. B. Fancher, of Lansingburgh, Rensselaer county, N. Y. 



Your committee have given the subject due consideration. 



THE ADIRONDAC GRAPE. 



The bunches and berries of this grape are of a very large size ; 

 the berry is round and slightly transparent ; the quality is very 

 good, being sweet and pleasant, pulp very tender, parting very 

 readily from the seed ; resembling somewhat the Black Hamburgh 

 in color. 



The vine was found growing in the grounds of Mr. J G. With- 

 erbee, at Port Henry, forty miles north of Whitehall, in latitude 44 

 deg. The hills at the base of which the vine grows are some 200 

 feet high, and shelter it on all sides. 



The vine is similar in appearance to the Isabella ; the points of 

 difference noticed may have been owing to the difference in expo- 

 sure and training ; but it is earlier in ripening — the large size of 

 the bunches and berries, and the lighter color of the fruit ; the 

 clusters are very compact, and the berries nearly round, wliile the 

 Isabella is oblong. The leaf is larger, rougher and thicker than 

 the Isabella, and the wood is long jointed. 



