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are perhaps nearsst the European standard of ex- 

 cellence. Plant tlie Heibemont in a poor soil, and 

 it will injure less. I cover mine every winter. 

 Anything which drops its leaves before its time 

 will be injured by the cold, for it will take a second 

 growth. Such is the case with sonic raspberries 

 and the Ilerbcraont. 



Kno. — I found tlie Concord to keep well on the 

 vines. Market:.'d them from the vines from the 

 10th September to the loth November the past 

 year. Tiie Creveling is about the size and color 

 of the Isabella, but with a pulp less tough. Would 

 not advise planting this or Hartford Prolific, ex- 

 cept to fill sp:\ce in the season. The Hartford 

 prolific ripens with me on the 1st; The Delaware 

 on the Dth, and the Concord on the 10th of Sep- 

 tember. My situation is on a high point, SOD or 

 400 feet above the river, with several different ex- 

 posures. 



Heaver, Cinclnnr.ti. — I think the Delaware bet- 

 ter than the Concord, though the latter is more 

 profitable and the grape for the million. The best 

 native hardy grape is the Delaware. It has prov- 

 ed equal to the Catawba as a wine grape at Cin- 

 cinnati. The Herbemont is not so generally culti- 

 vated as it should be. It is quite hardy in ordi- 

 nary circumstances, tliough it was killed in the 

 hardest winters. The three best grapes are the 

 Delaware, Concord and Herbemont. The Cataw- 

 ba, when best grown, is equal to any, but it has 

 too many djfects. It has a rich aroma, in which 

 it excels all other grapes. Norton's Viiginia is 

 being sought for with us, and one wine-grower has 

 it extonsivel}'. Its wine is not so good to the 

 American Palate. We condemn Taylor or Bullitt 

 for its small size, 

 iL inferior in size to the Delaware 



Mallnckrodt. — With me it is larger and more 

 aromatic. Wiuit is the origin of the Delaware ? 



Heaver — i!o.-.Iiier raised vines from the seed of 

 the Delaware, three of which were liked but foxy — 

 an Amerie:in peculiarity. It was brought to Ohio 

 originally from New Jersey. 



Knox inquired after Cayahoga. 



Ileaver — It was cultivated seven or eight years 

 by Mr. Longworth as Colman's White. It was 

 named Cayahoga by a Cleveland society. Fine 

 for a white grade ; the best one we have tasted ; 

 better than Anna or Rebecca, which has its foliage 

 burned up before the middle of July. A strong 

 grower ; large, handsome. 



Hussmann — I think a great deal of Taylor's Bul- 

 lit. It is larger than the Delaware ; with me next 

 in quality ; tiiree times the luxuriance, and will 

 stand anything. The Clara is the best tasted na- 

 tive to my taste out of more than one hundred 

 kinds. It is a pure white grape. 



Dr. Edwards — I have fruited Taylor's Bullit 

 alongside of the Delaware this yerr. The fruit is 

 much the largest. 



N. J. Colman, St. Louis — Have known Taylor's 

 Bullitt four or five years, and think it promises re- 

 markably "well. The berry is larger than that of 

 the Delaware. The vine is hardy, vigorous and 

 needs little pruning. I would call attention to 

 Burgundy and Ilulander. The former. has been 

 grown in 'St. Louis ten or twelve years, and does 

 well. The Bulander has been at Ste. Genevieve 

 fifteen, twenty or thirty years, and proved hardy, 

 prolific and satisfactory. 



big seed and want of aroma. It 



Husmann — Cassady promises well ; very sweet, 

 white grape. So do North Carolina seedling and 

 Clinton. For table grapes, in quanity, I put Clara 

 first and Herbemont second. So does the Cun- 

 ningham, as bearing a peculiar wine of great 

 strength and of a flavor much liked by many ; re- 

 mains sweet a long time. 



Knox — I would name as worthy of attention, 

 Elsinburg and Diana. The last with me kept well 

 to January. 



A committee, consisting of Messrs. Husmann, 

 Heaver and Knox, appointed to report a list of 

 wine and table grapes, recommended the foliowinc 

 which were disposed of as follows : 



TABLE AND MAEKET. 



Concord, adopted by the Society. 

 Delaware. " ■' 



Hartford Prolific " " 



Herbemont " " 



Union Village — Not adopted. 

 Catawba — Added. « 



WIXE. 



Norton's Virginia, adopted. 

 Herbemont, " 



Catawba, " 



Delaware, " 



Concord, " 



Clinton, " 



PP.O>;iSl.VG WELL FOR TABLE A^n MAEKET. 



Creveling, not adopted. 

 Cuyahoga, " 

 Clara, " 



Blood's Black, " 

 Mead's Seedling — Added. 



PP.OMISIXG WELL FOR AVINE. 



Cunningham, not adopted. 

 Cassady, not adopted. 

 Minor's Seedling, not adopted. 

 Diana, not adopted. 

 Catawba was added to the table list with a good 

 deal of objection. 



WINES. 



In this connection we should place the result of 

 the examination of the wine committee, who, after 

 testing various wines, placed them in the follow- 

 ing order in point of merit : 



1. — Norton's Virginia — Wm. Poeschel, Hennann 

 1862' 82 1-1. 



2. — Norton's Virginia — Fred. Noe, Hermann, 

 1862, IS 1-1. *, 



3. — Norton's Virginia — M. Poeschel, Hermann, 

 1852, '77 4-7. 



4. — Catawba — Wm. Poeschel, Hermann, 1862. 

 14: 4-7. 



— Herbemont — Wm. Poeschel, Hermann, 1862, 

 74. 



6. — Catawba — M. Poeschel, Hermann, 1862, 73 

 4-7. 



7. — Concord — Wm. Poeschel, Hermann, 1862, 

 72i. 



8. — Clinton — Samuel Miller, Pennsylvania, 71 

 3-7. 



9. — Concord — J. S. Seymour, Eureka, Mo., 18- 

 62, 70 5-7. 



10. — Catawba — Fred, Noe. Hermann, 1862, 70. 



11. — Catawba — J. F. Walter, St. Louis county, 

 1860, 68 4-7. -^ 



