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hardy. The clusters and berry are both small. The Lady is 

 larger in berry, earlier and much better in quality, but the vine 

 is a slow grower and unproductive, the clusters are small, and 

 the berries crack and rot as soon as ripe. Lady Washington, 



goes also. How it can be so highly extolled as it is by some 

 good men I cannot conceive, unless it is altogether a different 

 Grape with them from what it is with me. To look at the vine 

 in wood and foliage it appears to be wild enough to deserve the 



Fig;. 80. — A Flower of Aristolochia grandi flora, much reduced. — See pai*e 596. 



with thinning and extra care, might give some satisfaction. 

 Prentiss is too uncertain. Elvira, Pearl, Grein's Golden and Mis- 

 souri Riessling are too poor for table use, although they may 

 answer for wine in the west, but with me they are marked for 

 grafting another season if possible. Noah, Jefferson and 

 several others are to share the same fate. Woodruff Red 



name of iron-clad. It is productive, too; the clusters are of 

 medium size and very compact, the berries are large, but they 

 rot and crack before ripening, so that often half of them are 

 wasted, and when they do ripen they are but little better than 

 the Champion. Of a dozen vines I have, all but one or two are 

 to be grafted with better sorts. Another highly commended 



