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A BRANCH OF THE GRAND DUKE PLUM. (Reduced.) 
The very latest report on Columbus from the Rural New Yorker Dec. 22, 1894: 
“ The Rural New Yorker , which reported from its trial two years ago that the Columbus was the 
largest Gooseberry in cultivation not materially affected with mildew, has been watching for other reports 
in confirmation or contradiction of its estimate. We rind in a late number of our sprightly contemporary, 
/■'arm and /■'/reside , a report from our friend, Mr. T. Greiner, which, in so far as it goes, quite supports 
all the good things we have said of the Columbus: ‘This year I fruited the Columbus for the first time. 
The plant is a vigorous grower, and the foliage apparently healthy to a more than ordinary degree The 
fruit is the largest I have ever been able to grow in this country, and I think equal in size and flavor to 
any English variety. Indeed, if it is not an English or half-English variety (as I believe), the Columbus 
is probably the best, by far, of any of our American sorts, and makes all experimenting with the true 
English sorts practically superfluous.’ We are always timid about praising any new sort of fruit that we 
have taken pains to secure and try as soon as possible, as the best of its kind. Truly, indeed, the oppor¬ 
tunity has seldom enough occurred among the hundreds of novelties tried each year for nearly twenty 
years. Well, the Columbus was one of the novelties that proved the rule-breaker. It is the only variety 
of foreign Gooseberry thus far introduced and tried at the Rural Grounds that does not mildew, either as 
to leaf <>r berry. The berry is as large as the average of foreign varieties- as large as desirable, it seems 
to us and the plant is as productive as it is desirable it should be ” 
The Winchell Grape. 
The earliest White Grape ( identical with Green Mountain.) This new White Grape has 
been thoroughly tested for several years in our vineyard, and it has proved so satisfactory 
in all respects that we can recommend it with the utmost confidence to our customers. It 
combines hardiness, fruitfulness, vigor, good size and excellent quality. 
Though not the largest, yet, both berry and cluster are of good size, and the flavor is 
excellent, ranking in this respect as a grape of the first class. In time of ripening it may 
be described as very early, being the first White Grape to ripen, and maturing about the 
same time as Champion, or about a week earlier than the Hartford. This qualification insures 
its ripening even in the worst of seasons, a consideration which will be appreciated by all 
planters. Its habit of growth is vigorous and the foliage clean and healthy, while its bearing 
quality is all that can be desired. It can be said to be a most valuable White Grape, either 
