DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 215 



tough center, good flavor; unproductive, and 

 ripens late. 



Aiken, an Isabella producing large fruit 

 under peculiarly favorable conditions. 



Cunningham, a grape of the Southern family, 

 scarcely distinguishable from the Lenoir. 



Rentz, (Cincinnati,) large, loose bunch, pur 

 ple color, large, round berry, with the flesh and 

 odor of the wild grape. 



Yeddo, from Japan, and altogether too tender 

 for our climate. 



Cynthiana, a purple grape, said to be from 

 Arkansas. It has the flesh and odor character 

 istic of the wild grape. 



The Charter Oak, North America, Corail, 

 Northern Muscadine, Dracut (so-called) Amber, 

 UnderliilUs Seedling, Perkins, Sage, Massachu 

 setts White, Miners Seedling, et id omne genus, 

 may be disposed of in a few words as unmiti 

 gated &quot; foxes &quot; from the woods. 



There are several seedling grapes that have 

 either just been given to the public, or probably 

 will be, in regard to most of which but little is 

 known. 



It is much to be regretted that we have not 

 come means by which seedlings could be thor 

 oughly tested in various parts of the country 



