DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NATIVE GRAPES. 255 



KING. 



This is a new grape which sprung up accidentally 

 in a garden in the northeastern part of this city, and 

 is supposed to be a seedling of the Clinton, which it 

 resembles very much both in habit and foliage; the 

 fruit, however, being of a green or yellowish hue in- 

 stead of black. We first saw it in bearing, in the fall 

 of 1857 and thought so much of it as to procure cut- 

 tings. The fruit was brought before the Fruit-growers 

 Society in 1858, and named by them in honor of Win. 

 King, by whom it was introduced. It appears to be 

 as hardy as the Clinton, and as the flavor is much 

 superior it cannot fail to prove a valuable acquisition. 



HARTFORD PROLIFIC. 



A hardy, vigorous and productive variety which 

 originated in Connecticut, and matures in latitudes 

 where the Isabella and Catawba fail to ripen. 

 Bunch large, shouldered, compact. Berry large, 

 round, with thick black skin covered with bloom. 

 Sweet, juicy and acid, but with a good deal of the 

 native perfume. Ripens ten days before the Isabella. 

 The berries have sometimes been found to fall from 

 the bunch as soon as ripe, leaving a number of unripe 

 berries. Lately, however, this difficulty has been 

 lessened by superior cultivation. 



