The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-03-14
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From the Farmer and Gardner.
NOTES ON GRAPES.

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a fast are, and it takes fast travelling to
rcapt the golden harvest dollars, mcan:)
FIR unless a man is capable OF la!ding
lis productions to the skies, or can oct
others to do it for him, he falls in the
rear, and must be content with the
~clcaninos. The above has presented
itselfto me from the numerous circulars
sent me of machines, implements, new
rlums, pears, grapes. &c, in fact, Of al
mos, everything.
Among other things Of late. the Del
awarc Grape seems to have been lifted
up to the seventh heaven, lf we dare
u.c the cxpression,) by those either di-
rectly or Indirectly, recuniariIy inter-
csted in it. Tha. It is a first rate grape
70 one will undertake to deny, it being
hardy, and tolcrahly prolific also, but il
j. difficult Of propagation, slow in its
Growth at first, and is yet too new and
not sufficiently tried to warrant in plant
ing largely of it, when one has to pay
from three to five dollars per plant,
which seems to be the average price
low please allow me to say, that fec
cut Of sir, who visit at my grounds i'll
grarc-ripcning season, (and they arc
not il few, nor are they all noviccs,)
would sooner cat a Concord than a
Delaware, and would prefer a vine Of it
rather than \ Delaware at the same
price.
And I would not be afraid to
high that in the Philadelphia market. if
Delaware and Concord Grapes, side by
side, were offered for sale, at the same
price per pound, the Concords would
sell the most readily: and further, that
many intelligent persons, whose tastes
we would have no right to call in ques-
ton, would prefer the latter. The Del
aware may do for fashionable parties,
where to eat a few berries at a time is
considered polite, but the robust, healthy
and exercising part Of the community
like something more palpable to 80 up
on. Give us a few punches Of Con
cords that will weigh nearly . pound
each. Oh! what 4 luxury!. But the
little Delaware is entirely too refined
for a real fruit-eatcr; refined, I say, be-
cause it is too scarce. Let any one
try; plant a Concord and a Delaware
vine side by side, Of equal size. For
the former he may pay fifty cents, for
the latter three dollars. Treat them
nike, and if, in the next five years, he
don't pick four pounds Of Concords for
every one pound Of the Delaware.
There is no telling how vulgar I may
he considered i'll regard to taste, when
this is read by some of the "dite,;' but
this one thing is certain, that the Con
cord with me the past season was su-
rerior to that Of any season previous,
Icing almost entirely free from pulp
An intelligent man, and one, too, OF
scientific at%tainInents, WHO spent a con
silerahle part Of his time il tropical re-
glens, and who has enjoyed the luscious
fruits Of those attitudes. pronounced the
Concord the best Of fifteen varieties,
which we tasted, although both the
Diana and Delaware were among
them.
Diana is to my taste quite as good az
Delaware, but some have a real dislike
to the aroma Of the Diana. Like the
bartlett pear III its condition, they saw
il is too rich. Now, lest some may
think am no Judge Of grapes, / may
state, that have fruitel the Delaware
and all other new sorts, about is soon
as any = else in these parts; that /
have az many Delaware vines to sell as
rs Concords, and that / have some
new ones that may excel either, but do
not wish to advertise my wares, under
the p~retence of furnishing a COMMUNE
cation. The object in this is to give
the beginner a chance of saving a few
dollars, when he is about to plant a few
vines.
Last summer, | saw the Delaware
mildew badly in s~e,cral places. And a
friend Of mine, who l know paid four
hundred dollars for one hundred vines
Of that sort, two years since, tells me
that he is considerably disappointed in
them.
Tell me Of a man who has been dis
appointed in the Concord? / have vet
to hear the first murmur or COMPLAINT.
or see n in print. 1t will grow and
produce fine fruit, where a Delaware
would only "grow beautifully less" IN
til it would be no more.
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