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handsome. The vine fruits freely. The bunches are usually large, 

 very compact, the berries crowding against each other. On some 

 bunches they will occasionally hang loose. In color, they are very 

 dark ; when ripe, almost black, and of large size ; the flavor, sweet 

 and vinous, very juicy ; the skin, thin and slightly acid and astringent. 

 The bunches will average a pound weight at maturity. The vine 

 requires and deserves careful cultivation in a rich and proper soil, to 

 do it justice ; it is perfectly hardy. A southern aspect suits it best, 

 and a net tacked over it in winter, not to protect it from the frost, but 

 from the sun.&quot; 



BLAND. 



Eland s Virginia, I Powell, 



Eland s Madeira, | Eland s Pale Red. 



Found on the eastern shore of Virginia by Col. Bland. It is not of 

 vtflue north of Philadelphia, on account of not often ripening, and is 

 by many discarded from its habit of only bearing moderately. In 

 1820, it was well grown and ripened in New Haven, Conn., on sandy 

 soil ; and in 1828, sent to Northern Ohio by Geo. Hoadley, Esq. 

 As a table grape, in latitude where it will ripen, it is of the best. 



Foliage, a light shade of green, smooth ; propagated by layers ; 

 bunches, long, loose ; berries, round, on long stalks or pedicels ; skin, 

 pale red, thin ; flesh, slightly pulpy, slightly astringent, but of pleas 

 ant, delicate flavor. Late in ripening, and valuable for packing 

 away for winter use. 



CATAWBA. 



Red Muncy, [ Catawba Tokay, 



Lebanon Seedling, | Singleton, 

 Arkansas. 



Through Dr. S. Mosher, of Cincinnati, Dr. Solomon Beach is said 

 to have found this variety, in the summer of 1821, growing wild in 

 Buncombe Co., North Carolina, on the border of the Catawba river. 

 We have found this to ripen equally as well, and as far north as the 

 Isabella, when correctly pruned and grown in dry or well drained 

 soil. It is esteemed both for desser.t and wine use. In growth and 

 foliage, it resembles Isabella, except that the wood is darker color, 

 shorter jointed, and more round, and, at base of every leaf, there is 

 a white downy spot. 



Bunches, medium size, shouldered ; berries, nearly round, large, 

 pale red, becoming deeper when fully ripened in good soil, and cov 

 ered with a lilac bloom ; flesh, slightly pulpy, sweet, juicy, with a 

 rich aromatic, musky flavor. 



Too often gathered when only just turned in color, and then sour 

 arid unpalatable ; hence the impression of many that they are not 

 equal to Isabella. 



