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shouldered, compact; berries below medium size, black, juicy, 

 witli a brisk, somewliat acid, vinous flavor. The acidity is much 

 ameliorated by aUowing the Grapes to hang on the vine until 

 after severe frosts. The Grapes keep vrell, and are very pleasant 

 and refreshing in January and February. It is not much used 

 as a table Grape on account of its acidity, but is much esteemed 

 for cooking and canning. 



GoNCOKD. — ^A very popular variety, which succeeds ■well in 

 most of the Grape region of the Dominion. The vine is very 

 healthy, moderately vigorous and exceedingly productive. Bunch 

 of good size, compact and well shouldered; berries large, round 

 and black, juicy and sweet, with considerable pulpiness. The 

 skin is thin, and on that account the Grape needs to be handled 

 with care in sendiug to market. It ripens fully ten days before 

 the Isabella, and is more hardy. 



CoENTJCOPiA. — Arnold's No. 2. — Another product of Black 

 St. Peter's upon the Clinton, raised by Mr. Arnold, of Paris, On- 

 tario, and esteemed by him as one of the most healthy and pro- 

 ductive varieties in cultivation. The bunch is large, shouldered 

 and very compact; berries of medium size, black, juicy, without 

 pulpiuess, with a brisk, vinous flavor. Eipe with the Concord. 

 Cebveling. — Laura Beverly. — One of the most delightfully 

 flavored early Grapes, ripening about the same time as the Hart- 

 ford Prohfic, but much superior in quality. There is no doubt 

 but that it is identical with the Laura Beverly, which name it 

 received fi;om the Eev. Canon Dixon, of Port Dalhousie, who 

 supposed for some time that his vine was an accidental seedUng, 

 and had not seen or even heard of the Creveling at the time he 

 gave it the name of Laura Beverly. If Mr. Dixon's vine be a 

 seedling, it is too exactly hke the Crevehng to warrant its cultiva- 

 tion as a distinct variety. They both have the bad habit of setting 

 the berries imperfectly, so that the bunch is often not half filled. 

 Could this defect be remedied, the variety would be worthy of 

 all coimnendation. When well filled, the bunch is large, well 

 shouldered, and tolerably compact; berries of medium size, black; 



