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8. Concord. Considerable mildew ; fruit poor 

 and small- Western exposure, 



9. Rebecca. One of the strongest growers in_my 

 grounds — almost impossible to control it. But it is 

 a shy bearer. It atones, however, by the q aJityo? 

 its fruit, for the deficiency in quantity. This year 

 no mildew at all, and some splendid clusters. East- 

 ern exposure, \h feet from house. 



10. Hartford Prolific. Entirely healthy, but its 

 fruit much later than usually in ripening. Western 

 exposure, feet from house. 



11. Rogers' No. 19. No mildew in sufficient 

 quantity to do serious harm. Strong grower, enor- 

 mous fruit, much better than Concord. Growing 

 in favor from year to year. Fruit ripened well, 

 in open ground, and Western exposure near the 

 house. 



12. Adirondac. I don't know why, but can do 

 nothing with it. I can't coax one to grow so as to 

 maintain its visibility. I have several vines, three 

 years planted, but only one large enough, possibly, 

 to bear one or two bunches next year. Mildewed 

 very badly this year and shed nearly all its leaves. 



13. Rogers JVo. 3. Fine, vigorous grower, but 

 mildewed badly, and shed nearly all its leaves. 

 Berry large, bunch medium, but as the fruit did not 

 ripen I can say nothing of its quality. Some small 

 vines resisted mildew almost perfectly, holdmg all 

 their foliage till frost. 



14. Rogers' JVo. 30. Nearly free from mildew. 

 Not so vigorous a grower as most of Rogers' Hy- 

 brids. Vine too young to fruit. Set last spring. 



15. Rogers Is^o. 41. Some mildew, but not 

 enough to do any injury. Good grower, but not 

 rampant. Vine set last spring. Wood very short- 

 jointed. Vine looks very promising. Mr. II. con- 

 siders this number equal to any of his black grapes. 



16. Rogers No. 44. , Very healthy, no mildew; 

 very vigorous. Vine too young to bear. Set last 

 spring. 



17. Rogers' No. 21. Slightly affected by mildew; 

 strong, healthy grower. The same as Salem, with- 

 out any d(.ubt. 



18. Salem. These vines were received directly 

 from Mr. Rogers. They have made a fine growth, 

 and shown no mildew. So far as the vine is con- 

 cerned they appear very promising. 



19. Arnold's Hybrid No. 1. A hybrid between 

 Black Hamburg and a vine much resembling Clin- 

 ton, raised by Mr. Charles Arnold, Paris, C. W. 

 A good grower, most beautiful leaf, entirely free 

 from mildew. Wood firm and short jointed. 1 have 

 not yet fruited it, but some fruit received, this fall, 

 from Mr. A. (which he states, however, to be very 

 much below its usual quality) reminds me of the 

 Clinton, though considerably better than that. The 

 bunches are said to be enormous. I will report 

 further on this and others of Mr. A.'s hybrids next 

 fall. 



20. Arnold's Hybrid, No. 2. Perfectly healthy, 

 strong grower, vine looks very well. Fruit (received 

 from Mr. A.) spicy, tender, good, somewhat like 

 Clinton, but very much better. Hybrid between 

 Clinton and Black St. Peters. 



21. Arnold^ Hybrid, No. 5. This is a " white" 

 grape— a cross letween Clinton and Golden Chasse- 

 las. It is a very superior fruit, as tender as Rebecca 



or Allen; and with very much more life and charac- 

 ter than either. If it proves entirely hardy and suf- 

 ficiently early for our New England climate, it will 

 be a great acquisition. I have not yet fruited it 

 myself ; my lemarks upon its quality are based upon 

 a sample sent me b}' Mr. A, My vine (set last 

 spring) was a very feeble one, so tliat I had some 

 fears of its not surviving its removal from Canada. 

 But it lived and grew between two and three feet. 

 Wood very short-jointed. Vine slender and feeble. 

 Considerable mildew, so that many leaves were lost. 

 But, perhaps, I ought not to say anything about 

 such a feeble plant, lest I do injustice to the charac- 

 ter of the variety. A stronger plant might have dic- 

 tated a very different report. 



22. Arnold's Hybrid^ No. 16. A cross between 

 CHnton and Black St. Peters, like No. 2. It is a 

 good sized grape, without pulp, and of a fine flavor. 

 It is veiy promising. Vine entirely healthy, strong 

 grower. In quality the fruit is nearly equal to No. 5. 



23. Saratoga. ^ Good, vigorous growth ; some 

 appearance of mildew, but not enough to injure 

 the vine or cast the leaves. Vine too young for 

 fruit. 



24. Creveling. Mildewed t-er?/ badly, shed nearly 

 all its leaves. Poor bearer, but good, strong grow- 

 er. Eastern exposure near a tight fence. 



25. Miles. This year this variety has, for the first 

 time, made a very vigorous growth. It was badly 

 mildewed — one of the worst in the garden. No fruit, 

 biit a good promise for next year, as the wood has 

 ripened well, and buds are plump and large. 



26. Gyyahoga. Utterly worthless ; shall dig it 

 up and throw it away. It sets a very few grapes, 

 not one of which ever ripens in my grounds. 



27. Rogers' ^No. 1. Most enormous grower; 

 scarcely any mildew. Fruit quite large and very 

 showy, but too late for our climate. 



28. Diana Hamburg. Very slow and feeble 

 grower. Though manured and petted in everyway 

 I could not coax it into a growth of more than 18 

 inches. It seemed very fond of mildew, and mildew 

 seemed to reciprocate the attachment. The conse- 

 quence will probably be a dead vine before spring. 



29. Mains Seedling is simply another name for 

 Concord. 



30. Lydia,. Some five or six years since I bought 

 a vine by this name of W. R. Prince, of Flushing, 

 which, after three years careful pruning and train- 

 ing, yielded 3 or 4 bunche s of as villainous, rub- 

 ber hided grapes as ever stirred one's righteous in- 

 dignation. Last_ spring I set another, which I ob- 

 tained from a reliable source. It has grown rather 

 feebly and shown considerable mildew. 



31. Woodward Perfectly healthy, showing not a 

 trace of mildew. Good, fair grower. Eastern ex- 

 posure. Vine too young for fruit. 



32. Ives. Strong, healthy grower. No vine in 

 the garden more entirely free from every appearance 

 of disease. 



I should say, in conclusion, that no sulphur or 

 any other remedy for mildew was employed. I 

 wished to test the hardiness of each variety, and 

 learn its ability to withstand the alternations of our 

 climate without such extraneous aid as most persons 

 would not be Hkely to give. 



