GRAPKS. 105 



Galusiia, or No. 11. 



" One of the finest of cherries; fruit above medium; lig-lit .and 

 subacid at first, very good, but as it matures, growing darlcer, firmer, 

 riciier, sweeter, until at last a very dark bright red, and one of the 

 sweetest and most delicious of cherries; three days earlier than 

 Early Richmond; hangs on the tree for a long period after being 

 i'uUy ripe without any rot. Tree hardy, foliage entirely free from 

 disease, a vigorous and strong grower in the orchard, a very abun- 

 dant bearer." 



NOKTHWEST, OR No. 29. 



"This is undoubtedly the most valuable of all cherries for the 

 Northwest for market and home use. Fruit dark bright red, a little 

 larger and six days earlier than Early Richmond, and the tree 

 almost exactly similar in general aj^pearance. This variety in time 

 will supersede all other sour cherries of its season. Its fine size, 

 color, richness, earliness, firmness, and great productiveness, v?ith en- 

 tire hardihood of tree and fruit-bud, and perfect health of foliage, will 

 make it the cherry both for North and South. The fruit is a brisk, 

 pleasant acid, entirely without the intense sourness of the English 

 Morello. Pit small; fruit globular; stem long, adhering quite firmly 

 to the fruit; and ripening very evenly and quickly after coloring, 

 and hang-s on the tree for weeks without becoming soft or rotting. 



"I have found all cherries ripening earlier than Early Richmond 

 free irom the attacks of the plum curculio." 



GRAPES. 



Beauty. 



" OxE of the seedlings of Jacob Rommel, of Morrison, Mo., and 

 is a cross between Delaware and Maxatawney ; has been vigorous 

 and healthy so far; a strong grower and very productive; bunch full 

 medium, compact, shouldered; berry about the size and color of 

 Catawba, oblong, covered with lilac bloom; ripens here the last week 

 in August; sweet exquisite flavor; thin but rather tough skin; tender 

 pulp; this promises to keep well, and as the bunches are very even 

 and attractive in appearance, it may be a very valuable market 

 grape, as it is superior in quality to Delaware; and as it excels the 

 Catawba in fine and delicate flavor, is Avithout its harshness and aus- 

 terity in pulp. I consider it the most promising of all our varieties 

 of the Labrusca class." (Husmann.) 



Brighton'. 



This handsome and fine grape was raised by .Jacob Moore, of 

 Brighton, X. Y., being a cross of the Concord and Diana Hamburg; 

 vine hardy, a rapid vigorous grower, with medium to long-jointed 



