RED GIANT, originated in Pennsylvania, and introduced in 1898 by T. V. Munson & Son, 

 on account of its mammoth size of berry, its vigor, health and productiveness. ( , ). Cluster 

 small, compact, shouldered, berries of largest size, one to one and a quarter inches in diameter, 

 dull bronzy red, skin very thick, pulp tough, and foxy in the extreme, sweet for so large a berry; 

 drops easily when ripe, ripe early ; seeds large. Good for jelly and jam,, and is a basis for breeding 

 very large varieties of this species. Flowers imperfect, requiring a pollenizer. On this account, 

 it is convenient to hybridize. (See Plate XLIX., page 157.) 



TELEGRAPH, originated by Christine, of Westchester, Pa., and named and introduced by 

 P. R. Freas, Editor Germantown Telegraph, about 1865. (*f). Probably a chance seedling 

 of Hartford, which it closely resembles. It is considered a little better than that variety in quality. 



VERGENNES, an accidental seedling originating in the garden of Wm. E. Green, of 

 Vergennes, Vt., in 1874, and introduced in 1880-1. ( ' f). Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy, produc- 

 tive; rots and mildews in the South ; cluster medium, berry medium to large, persistent, color pale, 

 dull red, skin thick, quality about same as Perkins. It is probably a seedling of Dracut Amber, 

 Good only in the extreme North, where finer varieties cannot be grown. 



WORDEN, originated from Concord seed by Mr. S. Worden, of Minetto, N. Y., early in the 

 eighties of last century. ( ' f ) . Generally considered the best black pure seedling of Concord 

 yet produced. It differs from Concord in having larger, more compact clusters, and more tender, 

 better quality, and for local market in the North, is preferred to Concord, but too tender for 

 shipping; South it cracks, drops and rots so much as to be unprofitable. 



Labrusca-Vinifera Hybrids 



AGAWAM (No. 15), originated by E. S. Rogers, of Salem, Mass., about 1856. (*f). 

 Vine vigorous, fairly productive, a little subject to mildew of foliage and rot of fruit, cluster 

 medium, rather compact, shouldered; berries large to very large, bronzy red; skin thick; pulp 

 rather tender, of sprightly aromatic flavor, a refined foxiness; ripe about with Concord. 



BLACK EAGLE, produced by Stephen W. Underhill, of Croton-on-Hudson, by uniting 

 Concord with Black St. Peters. ( , f). Vine of good growth, showing more Vinifera character 

 than Labrusca. Leaves deep, three to five-lobed; cluster long, cylindrical, rather loose; berries 

 large, ovoid, black; skin thin, pulp tender, juicy, of fine quality; early. The flowers set their 

 fruit only when pollinated by other kinds. Very sensitive to mildew and rot. 



BRIGHTON, a combination of Concord, Diana and Black Hamburg, by Jacob Moore, of 

 Brighton, N. Y. ( , |). Vine vigorous, not much subject to mildew, but very sensitive to Black 

 Rot. Brilliant, a good pollinator; cluster large, fairly compact; berry medium to large, per- 

 sistent, bright red; skin thin, pulp tender, of fine quality, ripe nearly a week earler than Delaware. 

 With careful polleniaation and spraying, profitable from Texas to Michigan. 



CAMPBELL EARLY, originated by G. W. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio, during the early 

 nineties, by combining Concord, Moore Early and Muscat- Hamburg, ('-f). Vine not very 

 vigorous on its own roots, but, grafted on strong stock, grows and bears well, healthy; clusters 

 very large with large shoulder, or side cluster; berry persistent, very large, slightly ovoid, black, 

 of somewhat less pulp, and better quality than Concord, but equally as much or more foxy; 

 ripe with Moore Early; a very showy and salable grape, of Concord type. 



CATAWBA, found in the woods near the Catawba river in North Carolina, in 1801, by 

 Mr. Murray, on the summit of Black Ridge, in Buncome Co. General Davy, living not far distant, 

 propagated and cultivated some vines of it, about 1807, and 1816 sent vines of it to friends in 

 Maryland. It was mentioned in a little work on grapes by John Adlum, nurseryman, of the 

 District of Columbia, in 1823, as the Tokay, on the strength of the assertion of a German priest, 

 that it was the same as the Tokay he had known in Germany, but learning its true history, and 

 the name Catawba, given by Davy, he gave it correctly in the second edition of his book. 



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