THE WOEDEN GEAPE. 
TESTIMONIALS OF FRUIT GROWERS. 
r • "Tills is regarded as tlio very host of Native ]?lack G rapes. IJiiiiclies largo, very liandsoiue, double 
. _a!houldered ; berries hu-ge, flesh swont, spicy and deliciously tlaviired, and of iiuu'ti decided character 
^thun any early ripening gnipo yet introduced. It matures its fruit ten days hefon^ the Concord. It is 
• Kuiversally hardy, thrifty and productive. The high encii niuuis passed upuu it l>y some of the best 
: '-Pomologists of the country should iuduco every one to procure this best of early s^u ts, " 
U'Jy' A. IIAMMOXI). Sknkc^ Co, N. Y. ' 
' Compared with the Concord, there is a strong similarity in (heir general thuracteristies — the name 
texture and thin skin; but the \'\'orden, judging from this e.\;iminatiiin and eoniparison, is distinctly a 
better grape, the flavor being sweeter and more agrei able. A\ H nn^asured several of the berries, which , 
were fully seven-eights of an inch in diameter. — J. J. THOMAS, in (Jol'Stkv (iKhrLK.HJii?! of Oct. i:" 
From the Editor of the Fkuit Rkcordeb. — The past season they ripened, and vyere good fully ten 
days before the Concord, and three to four days earlier than the Hartford. These three sorts, within 
twenty-four feet of each other while the "VVordens were ripe and good, the Concords had barely began 
totturn. With me the Worden is equal to the Concord in productiveness and hardinessi oiid superior in 
l^flvoi'.. Fruit does not crack like the Concord. Size of bunch and berry about the same; perhaps u 
trSfte in favorof the Concord- A. M, PUllDY, Mcnroe Co. N. X. 
^oihWm. H.EAELE. Worcestek,Janu iRv 28,1878. I have grown the Worden G»;ape thre.e years with 
in«f^r!b»ili^ confidence in its value for general cultivation. It is mmiv, ri oi.iFK vi. j NS early. 
T. M. LAMl!-^(5v}i. ON (iE.MEs WoRC.SiKK Hoi.T. Kocrerv, tays — From specimen.- iiv>i-l.v*.;.i{, and reliiiblo 
ii stimouv of tl;)B»if gj-owing it 1 believe it to be an excellent grape for cull i>>atiiin. " >. 
J. c. i.|>^sai-, 1872. J..C:. L()y:Ki;i„ m:,. 
I,: 1873. HORATj^- 'HllKLl'S. l.-7t;. 
CHAS. NASH, ;. 1874. \\\ % fVAKLK, 1^77. 
A. B. HOWARD, H.iKp.sKiRK Co., a large grower of PeiifS .t Grap;^s;|li Fiis letter of Oct. ;!. H77, say/: 
—The WtjKDEN GirAl*ifJ;;which 1 purchased at your NTKSKll^ hiis nev, r failed to b. ar abuudan* 
crops, superior in cxuality to the Concord and sure to ripen^:!*t least ten days earlier. 
T. C. THri{LU\V,-^.JL?hairmai» of the ESSEX CO. Fat it Com.— writes, , J .\n. 2,S, I.stk, ' I he two 
past seasons we have :^yhu a ftp.^iill premium to the WORDEN, as a promising new ( njipe." 
MANY PAGFjS could be added to these testimonials, from eminent Horti(Miltnr:sts in (.'onu ctieut, N. .1 .> 
Ohio and Ma-ss., some claiming it to be 3 or' 4 weeks ahead of the Concord. ThoM- who have tried \i 
the longest and who have carefully Compared it with the CONCORD, agree upon its beiag 
TEN DAYS EARLIER. To this most essential qualificatiou for tli«> NORTH,' m<iy b<- added 
Large size^ Uood coloi\ and great piwluctiveuoss; 
FREEDOM FROM MILDEW, . HARDINESS. W'lTHOUT PttOTEGTION 
Combining more good qualities for New England, 
THAN ANY OTHKK VINE NOW OFKBRDD.^TQ., IB« ' '^tJjSLlC.. 4,,i>.V^j ,11 ..T{> -.^iWfB "M"- WOIIUKN, 
' WE HEAR GOOD -■KEi'OltTS . OF . IT FROM AIx' .ftyAM'FJ{.S^V.. , 
