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Pond's Seedling, another sub-variety, is earlier, but un- 

 productive. 



Clinton. Bunches medium or small, not shouldered, com- 

 pact ; berries nearly round, small, black ; bloom thin blue ; 

 pulpy, juicy, with a slightly harsh flavor. Very hardy 

 and rather early. Western New- York. 



DIANA. A seedling from the Catawba, which it resem- 

 bles, but paler, or a pale greyish red, bunches loose, ber- 

 ry round, almost without pulp, juicy, sweet, rich. It ri- 

 pens earlier than the Isabella. Origin, Milton, Mass. 



E/.SINBURGH. (Syn. Elsinborough.) Bunches rather large, 

 loose, shouldered ; berries quite small, skin thin, black ; 

 bloom blue ; pulp none ; melting sweet, excellent. Leaves 

 deeply five-lobed, dark green; wood slender, joints long. 

 Hardy. New- Jersey. 



irABELLA. Bunches rather large, shouldered ; berries 

 round-oval, rather large ; skin thick, dark purple becom- 

 ing nearly black, bloom blue ; tender, with some pulp 

 which lessens as it ripens ; when fully ripe juicy, sweet, 

 rich, slightly musky. Ripens as far north as 43 degrees 

 lat., except in unfavorable seasons. Very vigorous, pro- 

 fusely productive. Origin, South Carolina. 



T;oy Grape and Hyde's Eliza are sub-varieties of the Isa- 

 bella, possessing no remarkable qualities. 



LENOIR. Bunches large, handsome, compact, little shoul- 

 dered ; berries small, round ; skin thin, dark purple, bloom 

 slight ; tender, with no pulp, melting, sweet, excellent. 

 Wood long jointed, leaf three-lobed. Origin, Carolina; 

 a supposed seedling from the Burgundy. 



The Herbempnt closely resembles the Lenoir, but is of less 

 vigorous growth, and darker colored wood ; its terminal 

 leaves are of a brownish cast, those of the Lenoir green. 



Missouri. Bunches loose ; berries small, round ; skin thin, 

 nearly black ; tender, sweet, pleasant, with little pulp ; 

 moderately productive, growth slow, wood short-jointed, 

 leaves deeply three-lobed. 



Norton's Seedling. (Syn. Norton's Virginia.) Bunches 

 long, compact ; berries small, round j skin thin, dark pur 



