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Elvira does not seem to have fulfilled the expecta- 

 tions of its introducers. It is not good enough for the 

 table and it has not attained sufficient popularity as a 

 wine grape to render its cultivation desirable or profitable. 



Niagara was introduced with extraordinary claims 

 and under close restrictions and at very high prices, but 

 it has not sustained the high character claimed for it by 

 its introducers, though it retains considerable popular- 

 ity and is profitably grown in some localities. The vine 

 is very vigorous and productive, clusters and berries 

 large and handsome, and quality, when fully ripened, 

 fairly good — quite acceptable as a market variety. It is 

 not uniformly hardy in this section without winter pro- 

 tection or in most places north of 40° of latitude, and it 

 has seemed more inclined to rot than most other kinds. 

 It is reported as profitable in some parts of the South. 



PocKLiiirGTON, which was introduced about tlie same 

 time as Niagara, has attained considerable popularity 

 and is being quite largely planted. It is a good, showy, 

 white, medium late, market grape. The vine is among 

 the hardiest and most productive of the so-called white 

 Concord seedlings. Its clusters and berries are among 

 the largest, and when well grown and well ripened, are 

 quite acceptable in quality. By reason of its hardiness, 

 it can be planted over a much larger territory than the 

 Niagara. 



Peentiss proved, upon extensive trial, to be a failure 

 in most places, and is now little planted or called for. 

 A single vine on a south wall sometimes gives me a few 

 handsome clusters of fine grapes, but it is generally 

 unproductive. 



Ladt Washington' has never achieved general pop- 

 ularity and is little grown, except by amateurs. Judg- 

 ing from my own experience, it is quite unreliable. 



Jbffeeson has many good qualities, hut is not quite 

 hardy in severe winters and is too late in spring, for 



