GEO. HUSMANN, of Hermann, Mo , in his Grape Notes in his journal, The Grape Culturist, stated recently that the Cynthiana Grape gives "the best red wine yet produced on the American Continent." An opinion of such unqualified praise deserves more than usual notice; hence we reproduce here his more extended remarks, lately written in The Prairie Farmer:

"There are so few American wine grapes that are wholly free from objections of some kind, that we naturally prize very highly one having so many excellencies as this one possesses. The following, written more than two years ago, are equally applicable now that this grape has been much more widely tested, and we venture a reprint, particularly as many of our present readers have probably never seen the number containing the illustration and description of this very valuable grape.

"Received by us in 1868, from Wm. R. Prince, Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., Origin, Arkansas, where it was probably found growing wild. It is a true Aestivalis in all its habits, and resembles Norton's Virginia so closely that it is nearly impossible to distinguish the wood or leaf, although the bunch is generally somewhat more shouldered, and the berry more juicy and somewhat sweeter.

" Bunch of medium size, moderately compact and shouldered. Berry below medium, round and black, with blue bloom; sweet, spicy, moderately juicy. Juice very dark red. Weighs very heavy on the must scale, even higher than Norton's Virginia, and makes, so far, our best red wine. It has as much body, or even more, than Norton's Virginia, but is of exquisite flavor, being much more delicate than Norton's and can safely enter the lists with the choicest Burgundy wines.

" Vine, vigorous, healthy and productive, as sure in its crops of well ripened fruit here as any variety we know, but very difficult to propagate. Since it bore its first crop in 1859, we have never seen a rotten berry on it.

"The fruit ripens a few days earlier than Norton's and about a week earlier than Catawba. Specific gravity of must, from 98 degrees to 180, according to the season.

"While we can confidently recommend the true Cynthiana as the best for red wine which we have tried, we must, at the same time, caution the public against spurious vines which have been sent out under that name. A variety resembling the Clinton but not as good, has been sent out under that name from Illinois by unscrupulous parties, and another variety closely resembling it in wood and foliage, from Hermann, by parties who honestly thought they had the true Cynthiana.

"This latter spurious variety we have not yet been able to identify. It makes a darker wine than Norton's, of a peculiar flavor, resembling parched coffee, which may be useful for medical purposes, but does not resemble the exquisite wine of the true Cynthiana in the least. The close resemblance of the Cynthiana to the Norton, and also to this spurious variety, will make it very easy for unscrupulous parties to deceive their customers; and as we introduced it here, and look upon it, so far, as our best and most reliable grape for red wine, we consider it our duty to warn the public against these deceptions".