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DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
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notice by Judge Taylor, of Jericho, Henry 
County, Ky. It is generally considered v very 
unproductive; it seems that the vines require 
age, and spur pruning on old wood, to make 
them produce well. 
Samuel Miller icivelites plant the Clinton | hardy. 
among Taylor to fertilize them, but we find 
the benefits resulting from this system also in- 
sufficient to balance its many inconveniences; 
and yet we have seen Tayler vines 
the main trunk, spur pruning in winter but not 
suppressing thes growth by summer pruning) 
produce from 5 to10 lbs. per vine. The bunches 
fully used, in France, as grafting-stock for Eu- 
as a protection against the phyl- 
doing well. 
it seems not to do as well as in sandy clay, and 
especially in cool, moist grounds. oots com- 
paratively few, wiry very tough, with a 
thin, hard liber. The y spongioles will 
push as rapidly as the ¢ Phylloxera can — 
lor are now 
Grein’s Golden, 
Montefiore, pat? Fiasing 
Telegraph. (Labr.) A oa 
Mr. Christine, near Westchester, Chester Co., 
_ prevail. Sam. | 
sidered it one of the most cue or as 1s the 
. ise pike 
neW EARLY grapes, and we still consider it as 
than eS Prolific. oases 
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bearer, but often lost by rot, especially in the 
southwest ; ; and wh 
healthy, vinicoaa grower in rich soil, and very 
Deserves more extensive planting in 
northern States, where rot is less destructive. 
Roots very abundant, heavy, with thick but 
rather firm liber. Canes stout, of pee 
length, crooked at the joint, with the 
number of laterals. Wood hard with abeoncin 
pith. 
ance seedling in the grounds of 
‘laa Y., said to be an Estivalis. 
paras? to Mr. 8. the bunch is very compact ; berries 
ize between re and Croveling, quite 
But at a grape test st held at ag ae 280 October 12, 
1870, the report. showed for Theodosia the lowest 
amount of sugar, 63° by Oechsle’s scale, with over 
11 per mill, acid. 
Thomas, (Rotund.) A variety of 
species, disetvenclt and abe by ray omas, 
of South Carolina, and t uated: "In color it 
Scuppernong, makes 
the table. Ripens with the Scuppernong.” oe: menespad 
of . Ga., — it as follows: ‘‘ Bunches 
berries; berries slightly oblong, large, 
ofa Sas vce color, quite transparent; pulp tender, 
sweet, of a peculiar vinous flavor, quality superior to 
any vg bes ype = mitidle to end of oon ee 
wine. A spurious variety is sold under the name or 
Thomas; this is inferior hoor. ds and ag a 
. ae eke Wyman, amend ae Car- 
tFrr. (Labr.) Originated Lansingburg, N. Y., by 
r. § a ical 
eatery ¢ cas — at first highly reeo 
grower, weembling 5 
Se 7 Pera are oe + oe 
and mildews ws badly, and so stated ; admitting, how- 
ever, that ‘‘this grape is very fine, when you can get 
it” Bunch medium , Sh 
. to ; compact ; 
varying in form from oval ia oblats nearly 
black in color, and profusely covered with bloom; 
flesh sweet, buttery luscious, oie foxiness in 
its aroma and with but little — or acidity in 
its pulp. An early but a shy beare 
One of Shas Taylor Seed- 
lings. aak small, compact and shouldered. 
Berry same size as Taylor, round, pale, green- 
, transparent, gray spotted; skin 
thin, no pulp, very juicy, sweet and of fine 
t in leaf. and 
but sets its: fruit well; geusoariadyed 
