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I will give a description from other sources, viz: Bushberg cata- — 
logue, which I think explains it better than I can,and add to it what I 
have found out about them at my place and others. I believe if one 
goes to work and plants these five kinds for home use, they will have 
the best that can be grown in this state, taking all things into consid- 
eration which make up a grape of good quality and hardiness and 
health. These last years the grape seems to have taken a back 
ground with growers for market on account of low prices, but it 
ought not to hinder any from planting grapes for home use, be- 
cause there are not many kinds of fruit more healthful for the fam- 
ily than grapes of the best quality for the table. A grape vine well 
trained is a thing of beauty to look at, and the fruit good and re- 
freshing to eat out of hand. 
Brighton. This handsome and fine grape is a cross of Concord 
and Diana Hamburg; a hardy, rapid and vigorous grower, with me- 
dium to long jointed shoots, which ripen early; very productive. If 
the small bunches were taken off early in the season, it would bea 
great benefit to the others; sometimes, however, its flowers have 
stamens with curved filaments and do not always fertilize, though 
blooming abundantly. It should, therefore, be mingled with other 
varieties growing close by which have the same time of blooming. 
Bunch, medium to large, shouldered moderately compact; berries, 
medium to large round, light red at first, changing to a dark crim- 
son or maroon when fully matured, sometimes almost black; lilac 
bloom, and very good quality for an early grape. It has its best 
flavor when fully ripe. It ripens before the Delaware. In the east- 
ern states it is a leading table grape. It requires protection in win- 
ter and is subject to mildew. It cannot be called a good keeper, as 
it does not retain its fine flavor long after maturity. 
Lindley (Rogers No.9). This beautiful and valuable grape origi- 
nated by hybridizing the wild mammoth grape of New England 
with the Golden Chasselas. Bunch, medium long, shouldered some- 
what loose; berries, medium to large, round; color, quite peculiar 
and distinct from any other variety, rather more of a brick red than 
Catawba color; flesh, tender and sweet, scarcely a trace of pulp, and 
possessing a peculiar, rich, aromatic flavor. It is regarded by some 
as fully equal to the Delaware in quality. Roots, long and straight 
with smooth fibre of medium firmness; canes, slender for their 
length, with few laterals and large, prominent buds; vine, of very 
good growth, healthy and sometimes productive, making rather 
long-jointed wood, medium in hardness and sizeof pith. The fruit 
ripens very early and keeps without extra care till the first of Janu- 
ary. It is recommended as a fine table grape, one of the best of the ; 
red hybrids, but it should be planted near other varieties blooming a 
at the same time to insure its perfect fertilization. 
Moore’s Diamond. Originated from seed of Concord fertilized by 
Iona, in 1873, in New York state, where it has grown and fruited ever 
since and endured the winters uninjured and without protection, 7 
but it has to be protected in this state. The vine is a vigorous ; 
grower and productive, perfectly maturing its wood and retaining y 
its foliage, which is large, of a dark, glossy green, resembling its 
