To say that there is "no longer any excuse for planting the Concord, " as Dr. Hoskins does in the July Garden, is to get have any conception of the marvelous success and popularity of this grape in the seven lake towns of Chautauqua county. Don't pass judgment on the Concord till you have seen Chautauqua Concords. For the general grower here, the Hartford has merits. It is ten days earlier than the Concord, remarkably prolific, and when well grown is of passable quality. To begin the season with a half acre of Hartfords is fully as profitable as the same area of Concords, which are marketed at a lower price.

About 6,000 tons of Concord grapes were sold from this county during the season of 1889. There were 500 full car-loads of about 12 tons each. I do not mention these figures to boom this grape section ; only to point out some pretty substantial reasons for planting the Concord. If the rate of increase in grape production of the past ten years is kept up for ten years more, the year 1900 will see from this county the annual grape product worth several million dollars. - S. S. Crissey, Fredonia, N. Y.