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No. 207, H — White grape, slightly yellow, 

 quite sweet, thick pulp, bunch nearly as large as 

 the Catawba. A seedling from Concord and 

 Allen. Vine now two years from seed, and 

 bearing this season five bunches ; fully as pro- 

 ductive as the Rebecca. From the same origin 

 came other seedlings, all of uniform excellence. 



No. 72 B — A seedling from Hartford Pro- 

 lific. Black, rich, red pulp, musky flavor, 

 sweet, pulp small, very productive, ripens be- 

 tween the Concord and Isabella. 



Don Juan — A very large bunch, amber 

 berry. Parent, Jena and General Marmorica ; 

 very hardy, ripens with Isabella, vinous, but 

 not very sweet, bears a few very large bunches. 



No. 37 — Vine is four years old ; bears forty 

 bunches this season ; extra large berry ; a 

 seedling from Concord and Jury Muscat, ex- 

 ceedingly productive, a good market grape, 

 carries well, berry firm, soft pulp, flavor fair, 

 not sweet, a very strong growing sort. 



No. 176 — Dark amber color, six weeks 

 earlier than lona, flavor sweet and richer than 

 lona, a seedling from Delaware, but has more 

 life and spirit than its parent ; in size of bunch 

 also superior. 



Clinto7i Seedling, No. 6 — Foliage wonder- 

 fully hardy, thick pulp, slightly acid, but ex- 

 hibits strong vinous quality, and in the wine 

 scale test, it ranks ahead of the Delaware ; 

 immensely productive. 



No. 186 — White, seedling from Clinton, 

 considered a good wine grape, large berry. 



No. 207, B — A capital eating grape, white, 

 sweet, very hardy, extra stout canes, beautiful 

 colored fruit, bunch moderate size, loose but 

 well shouldered. 



No. 12, B — Black, bunch extra large, one 

 foot long, one shoot often bearing three 

 bunches, strong canes, wonderfully hardy, 

 moderately sweet and vinous, thick pulp, con- 

 sider it an extra good variety ; the sweetest 

 grown in the collection. 



No. 12, A — Has more juice, less pulp, and 

 really more enjoyable as a family grape. 



Adelaide — Black, sweet, vinous, strong, 

 heavy foliage, thick leaf, as large a berry as 

 the Union Village, good bunch, very pro- 

 ductive. 



Ricketts'' No. 1 — Plump berry, very large, 

 long bunch, very firm, keeps growing till cut 

 off, not a sweet flavor, still not acid. 



No. 157, I>— White, seedling from Con- 

 cord, earlier than the Hartford by ten days to 

 two weeks, thin skin, large berry, round bunch, 

 sweet flavor, juicy, wood like the Concord, very 

 hardy. 



No. 157, A—K brother of 157, D— very 

 late. 



No. 158, B — Black, transparent, loose 

 bunch, large, excellent flavor, juicy, quite as 

 good as Senasqua. 



No. 14 — White, seedling from Israella and 

 White Tokay, ripens with Isabella, largest of 

 all the white varieties ; hangs firmly, both 

 bunch and berry firm, tough skin, quite sweet, 

 bunches extra large, some will weigh nearly 

 two pounds ; really a first-class variety. 



Quassaic — Black, very regular bunch, a 

 seedling from Clinton and Muscat Hamburgh ; 

 novel flavor ; a trace of the Clinton, but more 

 pleasant ; no more acid than is agreeable ; its 

 fine looks and its firmness are its best char- 

 acteristics ; one of the prettiest vines ever seen, 

 filled with large bunches ; one vine has grown 

 as much as 25 feet from young plant in a 

 year. 



Concord, No. 1 — Enormous berries, each a 

 mouthful, flavor moderately vinous and sweet ; 

 when well ripened, quite pleasant ; large, well 

 shouldered bunches, moderately productive. 



Raritaii — An accidental seedling ; best 

 wine grape in the world ; was tested with 

 thirty and forty others, including Delaware 

 and Walter, and ranked 112° ; The Walter 

 marked 3^ per cent, acid ; Raritan marked 

 six per cent. No European variety has ever 

 ranked as high in the wine scale as this. 



No. 10 — Very good flavor, juicy, large 

 plump berry, hangs on firmly, tough skin ; 

 seedling from Hartford and Purple Damascus. 



Advance — A natural wine grape ; the only 

 wine grape which has a natural effervescence ; 

 a good eating grape, very regular bunch, large 

 berries, black, tremendously vigorous, hardy, 

 and astonishingly productive ; a first-class 

 vine. 



In view of the fact, that the lona does not 



