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Another grape that for once has borne fairly and 

 shown some flavor is Prentiss. I have eaten some 

 bunches quite good. On the contrary my Brightens 

 have a dead flavor. But going over my vineyard again, 

 picking here and there, and tasting and thinking, I see 

 no reason for changing my mind about most varieties. 

 I would place at the head of black grapes Worden and 

 Herbert ; of red grapes, Brighton, Ulster, Gartner, 

 Salem ; of white grapes, Diamond, Niagara and Hayes. 

 I am amazed to read of others for whom Lady 

 gives large, fine bunches. I only wish it would for me ; 



then it should go to the head of the list. Its flavor is 

 perfect, but it bears, year after year, only a few defec- 

 tive bunches. 



Our grape-vine growers ought to publish the truth in 

 their catalogues about the almost certain failure of 

 many fine sorts when planted alone. Brighton iiiii\t be 

 planted with some sort like Duchess or Pocklington ; 

 so with Lindley, Rogers' 30, and nearly all of Rogers' 

 hybrids. 



Grapes very much catalogued and sold largely to un- 

 wary buyers, but which ought to be rejected absolutely, 



