There is one thing in the Delaware that must not be overlooked, and which is very much in its favor: if not wanted for eating, nor for market, it will make a good wine; and it always ripens.

Mr. Moody said, that the grape was the fruit of all fruits, which entered into most general consumption; but its greatest use, in my opinion, in this country is for wine. We want a grape that will make wine. We buy an immense quantity of wine, or of what is called wine, from abroad. Some people are particular as to what they drink, but nobody that I have ever seen, has been so conscientious that he wouldn't drink good native wine. We want a grape sweet enough to make wine without the addition of any sugar to the juice; and having found such a grape, we can not raise too many of them in this country. Diana, also, will beyond doubt make a fine wine; for it is sweet. There is not any of that fibre which is in the most of our native grapes, and which when pressed is very sour, and needs sugar. In my opinion Diana and Delaware are the only two grapes which will here make a really fine wine. They are strong growers, with short-jointed wood, which ripens perfectly; they are early and abundant bearers; and their fruit will hang upon the vines for a long time after ripening.

The, frost does not injure the fruit, when fully ripe.

Mr. Ellwanger here spoke of the Delaware as sure to ripen about the middle of September; and that then it could be left to bang upon the vine until the middle of October, if not needed sooner. In Europe, the vintners leave the grapes to hang as long as possible; and the longer they hang, the more saccharine matter they have in them. As to the quality of early ripening, the earlier the grape matures, the more you can depend upon it, provided it will hang upon the bunch well, and then you are perfectly sure of having your grapes ripened.

Mr. Lang worthy also said that Mr. Moody was on the right track in his strong commendations of the Diana and the Delaware grapes. They are certainly good enough for the eating of any fruit-lover; and then, when not needed for consumption upon the table, they possess the very important attribute of making a wine which is a good wine, a fine-flavored, palatable wine, and a wine sweet enough without any sugar.

Mr. Barry had drunk Delaware wine in Cincinnati; and he could confidently say that it was the best American wine he had ever tasted; far better than the best Catawba, better than any foreign wine that he ever saw or put his lips to.

Mr. Craine thought that the Delaware was more prolific than even that splendid grape, the Diana, under the same treatment.

Mr. Hopkins, of Tompkins County, had had considerable experience with the Delaware vines and fruit, last summer and last fall. The Delaware is now largely grown in New Jersey; and in every place where I have found it, it is valued very highly indeed - is valued above any grape they have ever seen. In the northern part of New Jersey, where the winters are as cold and • as variable as they are here, and where gardeners do not give it the least kind of protection, the Delaware sustains itself better than the Isabella does under the same exposure. Judging from the fact that upon the higher grounds in the colder parts of New Jersey the Delaware vines have done so remarkably well, I assure cultivators that in Western New York it will do as well as any other grape-vine, and will produce as many pounds of fruit to the vine as any other kind can. Its sterling good qualities can be best realized from its being flatteringly called the Italian wine grape, by some natives of Italy who saw it in the grounds of Judge Provost, at Kingswood, New Jersey. It has one valuable quality, wherein it is different from any other of our native grapes, except the Diana; and that is, that as Boon as it begins to be colored it is sweet, it is good.

Mr. MoodY here begged to remark, that in his experience the Diana had been fully as productive as the Delaware, and an early bearer also.

Mr. Craine repeated his opinion as to the Delaware. Vines this year had made canes twelve and fifteen feet in length; and he thought that a Delaware plant in its third year's growth, would bear more fruit under the same treatment than even the Diana. Mr. Craine admired both grapes very much, but thought it his duty to commend the Delaware as he had already done.

Mr. Hoag was in favor of having a regular succession of grapes, in about an equal proportion of the varieties, as much so as we have successions of any other fruit. If this be properly attended to, we can have and enjoy the luxury of the grape as long as we can the apple - for at least six months steady. Would speak of a variety called Garrigues, which ripens at least ten days earlier than Isabella. Has grown it side by side with Isabella; and Garrigues is more hardy; maturing its fruit early, while Isabella rots. Although the flavor or quality may not be quite equal to that of Isabella, still it is very hardy and exceedingly productive.