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Lancashire Lad. — Oue of the largest and best of the English varieties. 

 Jfruit smooth, bright red, extra size; fine quality. One of the best dessert 

 berries. Bush strong grower and productive. Its fine flavor makes it 

 especially desirable for the private garden. 



Chautauqua. — A valuable berry, probably of foreign origin, but show- 

 ing less tendency to mildew than any of its class. A vigorous, upright grow- 

 er, and wonderfully prolific. Berries large, pale yellow, smooth, very 

 sweet, and of exquisite flavor. Desirable for market and also the home 

 table. 



Columbus. — Bush a strong, robust grower; foliage large and glossy. 

 Fruit large, oval; skin greenish yellow, smooth; at the highest quality; 

 an excellent variety for home use. 



HARDY GRAPES, 



Within a radius of twenty miles of the writer's home the grape i.s 

 •cultivated very extensively, perhaps more largely than in any other sec- 

 tion of the country. The growers here in this fruit growing region along 

 the Hudson River Valley and in the interior towns are, as a rule, progres- 

 sive, up-to-date men, and if they excel in any particular branch of this 

 industry it is in the perfect cultivation and production of this fruit. Here 

 the grape is grown to perfection, the climatic conditions are conducive 

 to the growing of the choicest and best flavored fruit, and these practical 

 men take advantage of this opportunity and grow the fruit in a large way, 

 and it can be safely said that one year with another it is as good a" paying 

 crop as they produce. Ten to thirty acre vineyards are no uncommon 

 sight in these parts and the tillage so clean and thorough that during 

 the growing and fruiting season it is a splendid sight and Inspiration to go 

 through these plantations. I can remember the time, when an old pioneer 

 grape grower here at my home, sold his Concord Grapes at twenty-five 

 cents per pound in the New York City market. Of course, no such prices 

 as these exist at the present time, nor are they likely to again; yet good re- 

 munerative pricesi can be obtained for af ancy high-class fruit, neatly packed 

 in small packages. At the present time grapes are grown more largely for 

 wine than ever before in the history of the country. It is now pretty gen- 

 erally understood and conceeded that we can manufacture quite as good 

 wine here in this country as we have been importing at high prices 

 from the wine districts in France. We are pleased to be able to make this 

 statement and to know that at last we are beginning to appreciate the 

 possibilities that are at our own door and to take advantage of them m 

 this available and practical way. The above remarks, are of course, 

 principably intended for the grower for commercial purposes. It is 

 perhaps superfluous for us to urge the cultivation of this delicious, health 

 imparting fruit for the private garden. Every one knows what a grand 

 fruit it is. Most all know the general adaptability of the grape to our 

 varied conditions of soils and climates. The soil that will not produce 

 this fruit is poor indeed and hardly fit for any other crop. It is positively 

 the easiest to cultivate and at the same time the most grateful of all 

 the fruits. It can be grown in so many different ways and in such a 



