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Mottled. Bunches medium, compact; berries medium, round, 

 mottled, changing to purple ; sweet and sprightly, very good. 

 Ripens soon after Delaware; hangs long. Kelly's Island, Lake 



Erie. 



Norton.* Bunches long, moderately compact ; berries small, round ; 

 skin thin, dark purple ; pulpy, vinous, somewhat harsh, rather 

 pleasant and rich. Season early. Shoots strong, hardy. Mostly 

 grown at the South and West for making wine. Virginia. 



Ohio. (Longworth's Ohio, Segar-Box.) Bunches large, long, 

 loose, tapering, shouldered ; berries small, round ; skin thin, pur- 

 ple ; bloom blue ; tender, melting, sweet, excellent, with no pulp ; 

 a good bearer. Shoots long-jointed, strong ; leaves large, three- 

 lobed. Origin unknown. As far south as Cincinnati it succeeds 

 well, but tender farther north. 



Raabe. Bunches small, compact, rarely shouldered ; berries small, 

 round, dark red ; thick bloom ; flesh very juicy, scarcely any 

 pulp. Good. Philadelphia. 



Senasqua. Bunch medium, sometimes large, compact; berry me- 

 dium, purplish black, tender, juicy, free from pulp, becoming 

 sweet when fully ripe. Veiy good. Origin, Croton Point, N. Y. 

 A cross of Concord and Black Prince. 



Telegraph. Bunch above medium, compact ; berry rather large, 

 round, black, juicy, with some pulp, of moderate quality, valua- 

 ble for its earliness (ripening about the same time as Hartford) ; 

 vine hardy, vigorous. Origin, near Philadelphia. Pa. 



To-Kalon. Bunches large, shouldered ; berries varying from oval 

 to oblate, dark, with a bloom ; sweet, excellent, without foxiness, 

 toughness, or acidity. Perfectly hardy, and with good treatment 

 an early and abundant bearer. A little earlier than the Isabella. 

 Lansingburg, N. Y. Liable to rot, and variable in ripening and 

 quality. 



Union Village. (Ontario.) Bunches very large, compact, shoul- 

 dered ; berries very large, round ; skin thin, black, with a bloom ; 

 sweet, with a pleasant, moderate flavor. A good and very 

 showy sort ; rather tender at the North. 



Vergennes.* Bunch large, compact ; berries large, dark purple, 

 with green markings ; quality very good. In season after Con- 

 cord, and very long keeper. Susceptible to disease. Valued for 

 market in some sections. Vermont. 



Wilder.* (Rogers' No. 4.) Bunch large, compact, shouldered; 

 berry large, round, black with a thin bloom ; flesh tender, with a 

 little pulp, sweet, slightly aromatic, of very good quality. Ripens 

 with Concord. Succeeds in many localities. Massachusetts. 



Worden.* Resembles Concord, but rather larger, much superior 

 in quality, and a few days earlier. Said to be a seedling of Con- 

 cord. Very popular for home use and for market. Valuable. 

 New York. 



