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black, sweet, and free from pulp. Does well on an arbor. 

 Requires long pruning. 



Scup^ernong (Vitis Rotundifolia). — Bunches very small, 

 with from two to four, and seldom over six berries, which 

 are round and large ; skin very thick, light green, marked 

 with yellow dots ; flesh pulpy, juicy, sweet, and of rich, 

 luscious flavor. The best of all grapes for ordinary cul- 

 ture in this climate. Must be trained on arbors. Does 

 not grow from cuttings readily. 



Warren ( Warrenton, orHerhemonfs Madeira ). — A native 

 of this State, and long known as the Warrenton, whence 

 obtained by Herbemont, who gave it his own name. 

 Bunches of medium size, long, sometimes shouldered ; 

 berries round, medium size, and rather closely set ; skin 

 thin, dark purple, with light bloom. Grapes on the same 

 bunch do not color evenly, varying from a light to a dark 

 purple; flesh tender, melting, free from pulp ; flavor sweet 

 and pleasant, when fully ripe. An enormous bearer. Prob- 

 ably it would ripen more uniformly, if the bunches were 

 properly thinned. A fine dessert and wine grape, though 

 somewhat subject to rot. The wine can scarcely be dis- 

 tinguished from Spanish Manzanilla. Clermont, Marion, 

 Zane, and Imitation Hamburgh, are new Ohio grapes, of 

 good reputation, not yet tested at the south. Harris and 

 Long are two good southern grapes, fully eq[ual to the 

 foregoing. Brinckle, Oassady, Clara, Concord, Emily, 

 Graham, Eaabe, and Thurmond are all new varieties, of 

 excellent flavor, but of which the merits are hardly known 

 yet. The latter is of best quality. 



Zizephus Sativax. — Jujube Plum. 

 This fruit has been cultivated at Augusta, Ga., by Mr. 

 Change and by Mr. Chisholm, of Beaufort, S. C. It is 

 a small tree, or thorny shrub, from the south of France, 



