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Catawba —Fruit not much colored, most of it green ; bunches smaller than 
usual and somewhat loose ; the poorest crop I have ever had. The vine seems 
to have exhausted itself two years ago, when its bearing and size of its 
bunches astonished all who saw it. We do not sufficiently attend fo over 
bearing. The Catawba is not suited to this vicinity ; it ripens too late, or 
rather, I question if it ever in reality does thoroughly ripen. The only place 
favorable to its maturing here seems to be on one almost naked limestone 
bluff. 
Oreveling .—Planted April, 1864. Raised by myself; has done well, borne 
well and grown well. I like the Creveling better and better, and place it, 
for growing, bearing, feedom from disease and quality of fruit, in the first 
rank. Every man who wants a grape for the palate should grow a Creveling. 
Delaware. —I have nothing more to say of this than is already known. Has 
done remarkably well; free from disease in leaf and fruit. 
Concord. —The same good grape as usual. Wood well ripened. Fruited 
well, but not ripened its fruit so early as it generally does, nor are the bunches 
so large this year, but still very fine. Free from disease. 
Allen's Hybrid —Has borne well and fruited well; branches very large and 
too many of them, but both the leaf and fruit, for the first time, somewhat af¬ 
fected with mildew, and a number of the berries with black rot, the first I 
have had in my garden. Still, I like this vine and its fruit better and bet¬ 
ter the older it grows. It is the largest vine I have, excepting the Clinton, 
grown for shade, and I strongly suspect that I have, in my desire to see what 
it would do, let it overgrow itself and hence become diseased. In accord¬ 
ance with this view I shall cut back both arms to a liberal extent, and shall 
give it fewer canes. 
Union Village. —Planted May 1864. Bears well for a first bearing. A 
splendid grower requiring plenty of space. Canes ripe between five and six 
feet high, leaf and fruit healthy. Would so far strongly recommend this 
vine for trial. 
Iowa. —Planted fall 1866, from Mr. Kellogg. Has made a strong, thick 
cane, but ripened only a foot high, leaf slightly touched with mildew. I have 
tried a dozen of these plants before, raised by myself from cuttings, and all 
died. From all I have seen of its doings here, I have my fears of its success. 
Northern Muscadiiu. —Vine eight years old, has never done so well as this 
year. Its crop, excellent, has never been surpassed by any other variety. 
I think more and more of the N. M. every year. I eat more and more of its 
fruit every year, and I cannot help thinking that this vine is greatly under¬ 
rated. I know its history; it is a lowly one. I know the opinion concerning 
it, entertained by men called the best judges. I know also about its prone¬ 
ness to drop—“the ripest fruit first falls”— and its peculiar flavor, but all 
