The chemical composition of grapes is as follows: Edible portion, water, 78.8; proteids, 1.3; fat, 1.7; carbohydrates, 17.7; ash, .5. Fuel value per pound, 425. Probably a little stronger than apples.

The best grapes grown in the Eastern United States for eating purposes, are as follows: Moore's Early, a large early black grape with blue bloom. Worden, superior to the Concord, but more rare in market. We see the Concord grape in our markets oftener than any other. It is a large purplish-black grape. Not of a very high flavor, but a very useful grape for all purposes. Delaware and Catawba are both very highly flavored grapes of the American type. Martha is a white grape of high flavor. Niagara and Empire State are both good white grapes. Porklington is another good white grape. Clinton is chiefly used for wine. The before-mentioned grapes are all of the American varieties by the fact that the skins are thick, the pulp holds the seeds interwoven with it, and the pulp comes out of the skins holding the seeds, and when eaten we usually swallow seeds and pulp and discard only the skin. In the European varieties of grapes the seeds are merely set in the pulp unattached, and can be picked out like the kernels of a nut, and we eat skin and pulp, discarding only the seeds. Most of the California grapes we get in the market are of the European variety, and far excel any we can raise in the open air east of the Rocky Mountains. The Tokay is a beautiful large red grape we see so many of in baskets, holding from five to eight pounds. It is more common here than any of the Pacific Coast grapes. Muscat is the highest flavored of the California grapes. It is a white grape of the true Muscat flavor and aroma, and is a revelation to grape-eaters. The Muscatelle is a white grape of the same flavor as the Muscat.

Emperor is a red grape from California. Morocco is a black round grape. Ferdel is a white grape not often seen in our markets. Cornichon is a large black, egg-shaped grape. It is of the American type where the pulp and seeds intermingle. It has a thick skin.

Raisins

The California raisins are now probably the best in the world. The climate is most suitable, and the grapes from which they are made are in every way satisfactory.

Coleman Grape

This is a large black grape with stems often half an inch in diameter, which we see in the fancy fruit stores, the bunches weighing pounds and selling for fabulous prices. These grapes are imported from England, where they are grown under glass as one of the luxuries. The English and French fruits, including peaches, plums, apricots, and such, are grown under glass or protected in some way, and are magnificent; they are perishable, and of course we rarely see them here; even then they are only luxuries those in affluent circumstances can enjoy.

We grow here under glass very fine grapes of the European type which are of exquisite flavor and full aroma. Among the best are Black Hamburg, a very large black grape; Sweet Water, a white grape of good flavor, and the Muscat, always fragrant and always acceptable to sick or well. The white Almeria grapes come to us from Spain, on the borders of the Mediterranean, and, although rather insipid, fill a void when no other grape is in the market.