Neosho, Mo. March 19, 1882 



Geo. Engelmann Esq. 

 Dear Siri 



I am sending you by mail a package containing: 

 Cuttings of V. Cordifolia 

 11 M V. Candicans 



" " n y brid Rupestr. X Aestiv . 



M « m Rupest. X Cordif . 



Rooting M M Cordif. X Rupest. 

 M " Rupestris fruit ful 



" " V» Lincecumii from seed. 



" " V. Champinii 



The last one is, as you will see from the herewith following No. of V. A. 

 (the return of which I would appreciate), nothing other than the grape vine 

 which I received from West-Texas with Rupestris , of which I sent you some 

 leaves in summer with the remark, they appear to me to be a crossing between 

 Rup . X Candicans. 



At any rate Mr. Foese is in error when he maintains (p.21) that there are 

 no Aestivalis with large berries. The No. 1, 20 & 22 which he cites are pure, 

 wild Aestivalis from this county and the original=vines were already old, before 

 a Labrusca was planted here. also their seedlings show no trace of such hybrid- 

 ization. Large-berried Aestivalis anyway are not at all infrequent; but mostly 

 (however not always) of inferior quality to the small ones. 



That some of these (northerly) Aestivalis have a peculiar aroma and small 

 berries, is correct. However this aroma is fundamentally different from foryness 

 and in some varieties (e.g. Racine & No. k2) really delicate and similar to Vanilla. 



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