Vol. xxxvm. No. 46. 
Whole No. 1555. 
NEW YORK, NOV. 15, 1879, 
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THE “WELCOME” GRAPE. 
If the introduction of new fruits is indica- 
direction during the past few years. With 
the exception of the 8trawberry, which is so 
easy of cultivation and of which new varieties 
can be raised and tested so readily and rapidly, 
no line of fruit has of late been increased by 
so many and excellent new varieties as that of 
the Grape. A desire (and a very commenda- 
results of their efforts are now becoming ap¬ 
parent. 
Mr. J. H. Ricketts, who has acquired great 
fame for his seedling Grapes, is the orginator 
of the “Welcome,” the subject of our present 
illustration, and a decidedly “welcome” ad¬ 
dition it is to the list of hot-house Grapes. It 
Hamburg and Canon Hall Muscat, and, like 
these, it canuot be ripened out-of-doors in this 
climate, but it is suited for both the cold and 
hot grapery. All good judges of fruit pro¬ 
nounce it superior, not only to both of its 
parents, but to any foreign variety. The vine 
is a vigorous grower, with foliage resembling 
tive Of a growing ta6te for pomology and hor¬ 
ticulture among the people at large, a very 
wonderful advancement has been made in this 
ble one it is) for raising seedling Grapes, 
seems to have seized upon a number of Hor¬ 
ticulturists at about the same time, and the 
was referred to in these columns last year, but 
we were not at that time able to procure a 
good illustration. It is a cross between Pope’s 
that of the Black Hamburg. Bunch large¬ 
shouldered, moderately compact; berry large, 
roundish-oval, black, covered with a grayish, 
