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POND'S SEEDLING is a sub- variety from the neighbourhood of 

 Boston, which ripens earlier than the Catawba, but is also a 

 shy bearer. 



4. DIANA. 



A seedling of the Catawba, raised by Mrs. Diana Crehore, of 

 Boston, and named by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 It i said to be of superiour quality, and to ripen a fortnight 

 earlier, which will make it valuable at the north. 



Fruit much resembling the Catawba, but paler in colour, be- 

 ing a pale grayish red. Bunches loose. Berry round, almost 

 without pulp, juicy, with a sweet, rich flavour. 



5. ELSINBURGH. Ken. Prin. Adlum. 



Smart's Elingburg. 

 Elsenborough. 



A very nice little grape for the dessert, perfectly sweet and 

 melting, without pulp, originally brought from a village of this 

 name in Salem co., New- Jersey. It is not a great deal larger 

 than the common Frost grape, in the size of the 

 berry. A moderate, but regular bearer, ripens 

 well, and much esteemed by many for the table. 



Bunches pretty large, loose, and shouldered. 

 Berries, (fig. 98,) small, round. Skin thin, black, 



covered with a blue bloom. Flesh entirely with- 



Fig.98. Eking- out P U ^P> melting, sweet, and excellent. The 

 burgh. leaves are deeply 5-lobed, pretty dark green, and 

 the wood rather slender, with long joints. 



6. ISABELLA. Prin. Ken. Adlum. 



This very popular grape, a native of South Carolina, was 

 brought to the north and introduced to the notice of cultivators, 

 about the year 1818, by Mrs. Isabella Gibbs, the wife of George 

 Gibbs, Esq., in honor of whom it was named. Its great vig- 

 our, hardiness, and productiveness, with the least possible care, 

 have caused it to be most widely disseminated. A vine grow- 

 ing here has borne 12 bushels of grape in a single year. It is, 

 perhaps, a little more hardy, and ripens earlier than the Ca- 

 tawba, which renders it valuable at the northern part of this 

 state, or the colder portions of New-England. No farmer's 

 garden, however small, should be without this and the Ca- 

 tawba. 



Bunches of good size five to seven inches long, rather loose, 

 shouldered. Berries, (fig. 99,) oval, pretty large. Skin thick, 



