TABULAR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



NATIVE GRAPES. 



The following catalogue makes no pretensions to originality, the descriptions 

 given being in general those published by the originators of the variety, where such 

 descriptions were procurable. The numerous blanks occurring in the tables will 

 show at a glance the extreme imperfection of the descriptions usually published. 

 Instead of giving such an account as would enable us to recognize the variety or to 

 appreciate its real qualities, most so-called descriptions consist merely of a string 

 of eulogies. The reader will observe that sometimes (for want of more definite in- 

 formation), we have described the flavor as "good," "pleasant," etc., although 

 such a description is no description at all, not only because tastes differ so much as 

 to what is good, but because there probably never was a grape which was not thought 

 by its originators to excel everything else. We give their statements merely for 

 what they are worth. 



In many cases we have been able to give the name and nothing more. If by so 

 doing, however, we can lessen In a slight degree the further increase of synonyms, 

 the space thus occupied will not be wasted. There are certain names which seem 

 to occur to every one who has or thinks he has a new variety and the bantling 

 straightway receives a name which has probably served half a dozen before it. 



