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"White Grapes — ^Market. — Niagara, Lady, Empire State, Duchess, Belinda, 

 Martha. 



Home Use. — BlDorado, Jessica, Purity, Allen's Hybrid, Antoinette. Charlotta, 

 Mason's Seedling, Grein's Golden, Peter Wiley, Sweetwater, Chasselas (" from Bel- 

 gium or Prance, 1840,") Prentiss, Pocklington and Lady Washington. 



White Novelties fruited. — Golden Gem (Eickett's), Golden Drop (Pringle), 

 Undine (Eickett's). 



White Novelties not yet fruiting. — Frances B. Hayes, Eclipse (Burr). 



Whites Discarded. — Eommel's July, Early Auvergne, Fontignan and Early 

 Malvasia (foreign), Eebecca, Perkins, Croton, Eommel's Superior, Faith, Centennial, 

 Autochon, Blanche, Eickett's No. 346, Lady Charlotta, Transparent, Eva, Irving, 

 Noah and Triumph. 



Notes on While Novelties. 



Golden Gem. — ^Very small bunch and berry, prolific, delicate foliage, quality 

 its only favourable feature. 



Golden Drop. — Origin Vermont, quite early, small to medium bunch and beriy, 

 good quality, slow grower. 



Undine. — Large, showy, compact bunch, medium berry ; our season usually too 

 late to develop its flavour. 



Eed Grapes — Market. — Massasoit, Delaware, Brighton, Lindley and Vergennes. 



Home Varieties. — Northern Muscadine, Wyoming Eed, Gaertner, Walter, 

 Mary, Salem, Owosso, Agawam, Eoger's Nos. 8 and 30, and Jefferson. 



Novelties fruited. — Beauty (Eommel), Poughkeepsie Eed (Caywood), Ulster 

 Prolific (Caywood). 



Novelties not yet fruited. — Woodruff's Eed, Ideal (Burr). 



Discarded. — Di-acut Amber, Challenge, Underbill Seedling, Diana, Hamburg 

 and Amber. 



Notes on Bed Novelties. 



Ulster (Marlboro, N.Y.) — A vigorous grower and abundant bearer, berry aud 

 bunch somewhat resembling Catawba, but often shouldered, good quality, and gives 

 promise of being a popular standard. 



Poughkeepsie Eed. — Bunch and berry larger than Delaware, quality nearly as 

 good, earlier, but a very moderate bearer. 



Beauty. — A small wine grape, rarely maturing in this latitude. 



In conclusion, in order to meet questions often asked as to my preference 

 amongst the perplexing array of varieties, will say that for general usefulness as 

 well as profit those classed above as "Market" would be ray selection, while for 

 home varieties, though some of which are otherwise unprofitable, the family favourites 

 are in black, in order of ripening, Jewel, Adirondac, Peabody, Barry, Concord aud 

 Burnet. In white, Jessica, Lady, ElDorado, Duchess, Purity and Chasselas. In 

 ed, Massasoit, Delaware, Brighton, Walter, Lindley and Salem. 



For winter use Herbert, Barry, Duchess, Empire State, Salem and Vergennes;. 



{Letter From Miss Annie L. Jack, Chateauguay Basin.) 



"1 do not think grapes have been better tested commercially in this Province 

 than on our fruit farm, Hillside. While making it a point to test many new varieties 

 we have but few that repay the care and labou]', and among thiity tested sorts we 

 can endorse Prof, Thurber's comment made years ago : " You can go to the Concord 

 with a wheelbarrow, but to almost every other kind with a hand-basket." Since he 

 made this remark some more prolific varieties have been originated, but our aci-e of 

 Niagaras has never yet repaid us the interest on our money, only one good full crop 

 being yet produced, though they often bear a partial crop when others fail. So we 

 place Concord first commercially, Niagara next, and then the Duchess, a small white 

 grape that has one good quality, that of keeping until the new year without loss of 

 flavor or texture. The Champion or Beaconstield, while very prolific, is of such 



