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elini8i;e <j® variefcies^ we give a cat and descriptioi^ of tliis one from a direct FrcKcli source : 



The aceoHTi't s^ays thh friait was raised by Dr. i 

 Nicaise, of Cha!ons-siir-3iariie, from seed m July, 1 

 186i, ripening its first fruit in June, 1863. It is ' 

 tlie ^' largest that kas been known u^itil this day," 

 does i20t fruit ail at oiaee, bat has a less sensible 

 "diminutioE of tho volume of fruit from first to 

 Jafit"" thaii a great n-^niber of others. Leaves "abun- 

 dant and vigorous," yet " permitting all the fruit 

 to receive tlie rays of the sun. " Color bright, red, 

 Se^ white and Juicy, very sweet and highly per- 

 fumed. In the account before us, Jos.Siffaud^ 

 gsrdeneT to Br. Nicai*3e, &nH0^al2ces that he is 

 selling ilae plants, by subscription, at -3 fraaes each. 



Lorain Grape. — 3Ir. Barney, of Sandusky, 

 exliibifed several of tl>e iiew seedlings ©f Mr. 

 Hoptiiss, amo-ng tliem the Loravi a very fine 

 flavored wisite grape, wbich received the preuiium 

 for best seedling at the fair of tfie Grape Grrowers' 

 Association, at Sandwsky, two years ago. This 

 variety has not jet been fully tested as to growth 

 a.iid healthiness of vime, productiveness, etc., the 

 parent vine having been injured. Mr. Barney has 

 tl^is and several <3tlaer gGod seedlings on trial. 

 They will be keardfrom is due time. — 0. Farmer. 



Seesling Grape— Broim. Smith, SpracKse, 

 M. Y. — " We send you, by mail, a box containing 

 a cluster of a seedling grape we have. It is a seed- 



ling of the Belaware and Diana, ripens us early as 

 the Delaware, is perfectly hardy and a tolerable 

 good grower. The fruit keeps well till spiing. As 

 for quality we wish your judgment upon tbat." 



[We could not trace any of the Delaware in the 

 sample sent. It has a very thick skin which should 

 make it a good keeper. The quality is equal to 

 Diana, and its eariiness should be in its fayor.] 



Lady Crab Apple— 7. T. S., Dansvilk, KY. 

 —"I send, by mail, some 'Lidy Crab' Apples. 

 In growth of tree they are rather dwarfish, foliage 

 dark greem, glossy, and the tree k^eeps its foliage 

 and €oior logger than the other crabs. The fruit is 

 borne in clusters, and both tree and fruit rather or- 

 Figimental. The tree has little or none of the ap- 

 pearance of the common crab. 



"By the way, Mr. Editor, why not give your 

 readers a full descriptive list of all the known kinds 

 of erabs.^"' 



(This crab is of raodium sise (l \ iiseh broad by 

 I inch deep); yellowish-green on one side and deep 

 erirason-red on the other. The only uses made of 

 the Siberian Crab are for eider and for jelly ; des- 

 criptions of them, therefore, should be with refer- 

 ence to their fitness for the purposes. Seedhngs 

 are now so generally planted, and varieties, there- 

 fore, so numerous that without special reference to 

 their uses it is not desirable to name or describe 



