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Detroit. 



This variety is supposed to be a seedling. It Avas found in a garden 

 in Detroit, Mich. Not having seen the fruit, we copy from description 

 in the Horticulturist : " Vine very vigorous and hardy. Foliage re- 

 sembling Catawba. Wood short-jointed. 



"' Bunches large, compact. Berries veiy dark, rich brown claret, with 

 a light bloom, round and regular. Flesh with very little pulp, rich 

 and sugary. Bipens earlier than Catawba." 



Diana. 



A seedling of the Catawba, raised by Mrs. Diana Crehore, of Bos- 

 ton. It is a very fine fruit when well ripened, but while it colors early, 

 does not ripen much, if any, earlier than Catawba. It is a very vigor 

 ous vine, requiring much room and long pi'uning, and increases in pro- 

 ductiveness and good quality as the vines get age. It does not require 

 a very rich soil. 



Bunches lai'ge, very compact, and heavy, not propei'ly shouldered, 

 but often having a small bunch appended by a long branch of the 

 peduncle. 



The color is a fine reddish lilac, thickly covered with bloom. The 

 berries round. The fruit when fully ripe abounds in fine rich juice, 

 vinous, and aromatic, from which all the offensive native odor has dis- 

 appeared. It hangs long on the vines, is not injured by severe frosts, 

 iand keeps admirably for winter use. 



Diana Hamburgh. 



Originated from seed of Diana, crossed with Black Hamburgh, by 

 Jacob Moore, Rochester, N. Y. Vine a fair grower, with shoi-t-jointed 

 wood, tolerably healthy, sometimes disposed to mildew. We haA'e seen 

 but little of it, and think it not suited for out-door culture. 



Bunch large, moderately compact, shouldered. Berries roundish 

 oval, rich red, with a bloom. Flesh tender, sweet, somewhat aromatic, 

 like Diana. Bipens nearly wdth Isabella. 



Dracut Amber. 



Originated by J. W. Manning, Dracut, Mass. Vine very vigorous, 

 of the Fox Gi'ape class, productive. 



Bunch large, compact, often shouldered. Berry large, round. Skin 

 thick. Flesh quite pungent and foxy. Bipens about with Concord. 



Early Hudson. 



A round black Grape, early, and of little value, except as a ciiriosity, 

 inasmuch as some of the berries contain no seed. 



Elizabeth. 



Originated on the farm of Joseph Hart, near Rochester, N. Y., and 

 described in the Rural New Yorker. 



Bunches large, compact. Berries large, roundish oval, gi-eenisli 

 whi!:e, with a slight purple tinge in the sun. Flesh rather pulpy, acid. 



