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\ I /HIS is an age of progress and improvement. The steady, 
^ 1 ^ resistless march onward and upward towards a fuller develop- 
ment and a higher standard of excellence is observ^ed in all branches of 
trade, and in all classes of products, and has achieved results which 
past generations never dreamed of. In the horticultural world this 
progress has been marked and rapid, and one need not go back to 
observe the advance which has been made, particularly in the 
originating from seed and processes of hybridization of new and 
superior varieties. The advantages derived from the introduction 
of new varieties, however, have associated with them some dis- 
advantages, the worst of which, perhaps, is the flooding of the land 
with new varieties which have no special merit. 
In offering the Diamond to the public, we do so with the know- 
ledge that it has been put to the most thorough tests for the past 
eight years that any new variety has ever been subjected to. It has 
been fruited north, south, east and west, and the universal verdict 
is: “ The best White Grape^ all points considered^ which has ever 
been produced in America." 
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