FRUIT CATALOGUE FOR 1882. 



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SECTION IX.-GRAPES— Native. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOIl THIS SECTION. 



a. miiber. 



b. black. 

 ci. dark. 



g. greenish. 



Color. 

 I tight, 

 li. lilac, 

 p. purple. 



r. reddisfu 

 u\ tvhilish. 

 y. yellowish. 



REMARKS. 



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



Not generally successful. 

 Keeps well after gathering. 



Its foreign blood seems to create a tendency to mildew. Finest of 



while grapes. 

 Has no specially valuable characteristics. 



Very well esteemed by those who have fruited it. 



Beautiful and excellent, but is too late for our climate. 



Early and hardy. Will compare in character and quality with Perkins. 



Will possibly be valued where quality must be deferred to hardiness. 



Highly promising. One-fourth Foreign. 



One of the recent Canadian hybrids. lias yet to acquire a reputation in 



this State. Bears profusely. 

 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. 

 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." 



Another Canadian hybrid, with a character yet to be established. 



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



A very desirable white grape, if preserved from mildew, to which it is 



very liable. 

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



Fruit sometimes fails from dropping of the leaves. 

 Rather foxy, with a thick tough skin. One of the best keepers. A thin 



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

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



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



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



market; but very liable to drop its berries. 

 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. 



All old favorite. Still popular where it is sure to ripen. Is not gener- 

 ally 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, harfly, and vigorous. Not fully tested in this State. Three Aveeks 



earlier than Concord. 

 Succeeds at Kalamazoo. Not yet much planted elsewhere. 



Seedling of Concord, and said to be as hardy and healthy; but has not 



yet realized such promise. 

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



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



MofleratelyEvigorous and productive; like most of the hybrids, liable to 



mildew. 

 Vigorous and prolific. Much like Wilder in quality and season. 



