FRUIT CATALOGUE. 



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SECTION IX.— GRA.PES— Native. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR THIS SECTION. 



a. amber. 



b. black. 

 d. dark. 



g. greenish. 



Color. 



I. liRht. 



II. lilac. 

 p. purple. 



r. redisb. 

 w. whitish. 

 y. yellowish. 



Remarks. 



One of the finest very early grapes. Subject to mildew of the foliage. 



Rarely successful. 

 Keeps well after gathering. 



Very well esteemed by those who have fruited it. 



One of Rogers's very numerous hybrids. 



One-fourth foreign. Highly satisfactory. 



One of the recent Canadian hybrids. Little grown in this State. Bears 



profusely. 

 It is yet one of the best in localities where the season is long enough to 



ripen it. Good two years out of three at the south. 

 Very early, vigorous and productive. Valuable chiefly as an early market 



grape. 

 Is seldom good, or even passable till ripened by frost. Fruit best on high, 



warm, gravelly soils. 

 Here, as elsewhere, this is " the grape for the million," since it can take 



care of itself. 

 Seedling from (Joncord by E. W. BuU. Prized in Lenawee county. 



Possibly from defect of the bloom, this is a bad setter and a thin bearer. 



Slow grower. Fully as productive as Concord when well established. Fruit 



sometimes fails from dropping of the leaves. 

 Rather foxy, with a thick tough akin. One of the best keapers. A thin 



bearer on strong soils. Better on dry, warm soils. 

 Better in a more southern latitude. 



Promises well for both dessert and market. 



A fair variety for dessert and market uses. Rather liable to mildew. 



A good dessert grape. May in some localities do for market. It seems to 

 lack constitution. 



Still prominent as one of the hardiest and most productive for early mar- 

 ket ; but very liable to drop its berries. 



Vigorous, hardy. Of fine quality. 



Another of the Massachusetts hybrids, needing more extensive trial. 



Generally esteemed as the finest of our natives. The vine seems to lack 



constitution, and is not generally successful. 

 An old favorite. Still popular where it is sure to ripen. Is not generally 



successful. 

 A good early sort, with tender, breaking pulp, and fair flavor. Requires 



warm soils. 

 Valued for hardiness, vigor, and productiveness. A good wine grape. 



New, hardy, and vigorous. Three weeks earlier than Concord. 



Vine hardy, productive. Not satisfactory in some localities. 



Succeeds at Kalamazoo. Not extensively planted. 



Seedling of Concord, and as hardy and healthy; but not as vigorous and 



productive. Quality superior. 

 Valuable in locations where it will ripen. 



A vigorous and productive vine. But little grown in this State. 



Much sought for on account of Its color. Very sweet, but too foxy. 



