Grape Culture At Grosse Point

If acceptublü to you, I wfll offer a few notes on our native Grapes for this season, to follow those of my excellent friend, T. T. Lyon, Esq. The Summer, though very hot and dry, bas been an excellent one for Grapes. It has brought them early to maturity and made thetn superior in quality. Where the fines were laid down and covered last winter, the erop has boen :i good one; whore left on the trelüs the crup has geuerally failed iü this vicinity. I sbould perhaps premise that my Grapes a-re gröwö at my placb at Grosse Point no the border of Lake St. Olair. Tho uool vvhids from the water retard the period oí' blossoming about a week in the Spring, aud of ripening some days in the Fall. On the other hand the protectioD from frosts which the water affords, mere than oompeasates for the delay. I have never lost a erop by frost. A irape is Dot ripe as soon as it become palatable. This should be borne ia mind in what follo'ys : CONCOBD. Aug. 2Oth ; begiuning to color. Sept. 5lh ; inany bunches fully colored and eatable ; would pass in the market as ripe. Sept. 12th ; ripe and the last of the erop taken off. This grapo is now wel] known. It is not quito so early aa the Hsrtford Prolifiu, but of better quality. It ranks in quality just below the Isabella. The productivoness and hardincss of, the vioe, aize, beauty, and earliness of tlie lruit make this variety valuable. DELAWARE, Aug. 18th; beginning to color. Sept. 5th ; vvell colored, sweet and palatable ; began to use them. Sopt. 18th ; fully ripe. This line graoe is very hardy ; grows well after t is established, and this Summer the berries were as large as orcliuary Dianas. UEBBCCA. This is a white grape, and, though a nativo shows signa of foreign parentrige. With me it has proved hardy, vigorous, and free from sign of mildew. I emphasizo "vigorous," because I observe that at the Pornologioal Convontion at Itochoster, it was complained that it wantod vigor. Whon ripe, the bunches become faintly golden in the sun, and its flavor is sweet and delicious. All toughness has disappeared from lts flesh, vhich adheres slightly to the skin. It lacks lbo vinous spirit of the Delaware, but possesses a luscious sweetness all its own. It is difficult to choose between this and the Delaware. Every garden eshould have both. The berries of the Rebecca are a third larger than the Delaware. Sept. 5th ; sweet and palatablo. Sept. 12th ; begau to use thera ; Sept, iully ripe. DIANA. The vine of this grape is hardy, but less so than the Delaware. In my j udgment we havo few grapes that surpass it in quality. Sept. llth; some bunches well colored, sweet and palatable. Sept. lSth ; sorne buuches nearly if not quite ripe. Sept. 24th; ripe. CREVBLINÖ. Aug. 25th ; beginning to color. This grape usually ripens with the Concord. It has borne with rie once beíore. It seeined to me a variety of much exoellenco. This yoar my small erop was gathcred by sorue ntruding chiokecs before the fruit was ripe. The vines seems hardy and vigorous. The shape of the bunch, I fear, is faulty, being loose and thin. kogbk'ö hybrid, no. 19. Tbis ia the only onO of Roger's seedlings that has früited with me, Aug. 25th ; beginning to color. Sept. llth; well colored and palatable. Sept. 24th ; nearly ripe. This is a large, round, black grape, with moderately tender flesh and f uil of juice. It seerns to me to rank about witb the Isubella. My vine is voung and iruiting for the first time. When older the fruit may improve. ISABELLA. This grape every one knows. It has been a valuable variety, but I tbink it must soon give way to some of the new ones. Aug 25th ; beginning to color. Sept. öth ; sotno bunehes well colored and palatablc ; other bunches only reddened. Sept. llth; some bunehes nearly ripe. Lept. 18th ; the erop looks ripe on the trellis, but is not really 80. Sept. 24th ; most of the erop ,rip It is a fault of this grape that it ripens very untvenly. A ripe bunch is upt to show btsrrke sinall and perfectly greL'n. CATAWBA. This fine grape is too late for cultivation here, escept in city gardens or under the shelter of walis. In a favorable season, liowever, like thi.", it maturen well in the open garden. Sept. llth; coloring niceiy. Sept. 24th ; well eolored and sonr.e bunches palatallo. Oet. 3d ; some bunches almost ripe, but need a week or ten days more to perfect thein. This doses ray list of bearing grapes for this yoar. ïf Providence lavorí, I may expeot fruit from 6everal others another vear. G. V. N. L. Detroit, Üctober 5, 1861.