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line of the types and classes of the grape. According to my experience, at 

 present, planters in the lower Willamette district, must rely mostly on 

 varieties of the Labrusca class, and only those that have been successfully 

 grown will be named here. 



The Concord.* This is the grape for everybody, large strong-shouldered 

 bunches of big, black, sweet berries of the fine native flavor that all 

 Americans like so well. It is very producticme and always a sure bearer. 

 Seven-year-old vines have borne more than thirty pounds each. 



The Worden.* A black grape like the Concord; bunches large and 

 heavy; berries larger than the Concord and rather better in puality; 

 ripens about ten days before the Concord and is fully as productive. 



The Niagara.* A white grape that bears well and regularly; bunches, 

 very large and heavy; berries, sweet and of good flavor. This variety 

 is gaining much in favor on the home market. It ripens about ten days 

 before the Concord. It is the best of the white grapes. 



Moore's Early. y A black grape; bunch medium; berry, very large, 

 quality as good as Concord, but vine not quite so productive. Very valu- 

 able here on account of its earliness. It ripens nearly three weeks before 

 the Concord. 



Eaton. A very strong grower; bunch, very large and heavy; berries, 

 very large, many an inch in diameter, black and of good quality. It sells 

 well, but will not bear long shipment very well. 



More's Diamond.? A very good white grape; ripens about two weeks 

 before the Concord. Bunch and berry, large and of best quality; not so 

 productive as the Niagara. 



Green Mountain. A white grape; rank grower; bears well; bunch, long; 

 berry, medium, very sweet and delicious. It ripens here about the first of 

 September. 



Vergennes. A red grape of good quality; bears well, and is a good 

 keeper; bunch and berry, large. 



Brighton. A red grape of very best quality; bunch, large; berry, me- 

 dium, very sweet and fine; keeps well. Ripens the same time as Concord. 



Lady Washington. A beautiful large white grape; bears well, but in 

 quality not as good as Niagara. 



Wyoming Red. A very handsome grape; bunch and berry medium of 

 bright red color, sweet with strong native aroma . Ripens two weeks be- 

 fore the Concord. The blossoms do not fertilize well every year, and 

 for this reason it is not a reliable bearer. 



Delaware. Though not belonging to this class, it is so well known and 

 succeeds so thoroughly under our conditions that I cannot pass it un- 

 noticed. Bunch and berry, small, light red, very sweet, and of most de- 

 licious flavor. It is an abundant bearer. 



The above varieties have been found to be the best and most profit- 

 able for our home market, and they are sufliciently hardy and prolific 

 to be all that the grower can desire of them. 



*See plate. t Moore. % Diamond —American Pomological Society nomenclature. 



