DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NATIVE GRAPES. 251 



CANADIAN CHIEF. 



This grape is claimed to be a native of New Jersey ; 

 but our best pomologists are of opinion, that if a 

 native, it is at best but a seedling, from some foreign 

 variety. 



The bunches are large, berries medium, green or 

 faint amber, and the flesh tender. 



In Canada it is said to be perfectly hardy and to 

 ripen well in the open air. Grape-growers in the 

 United States have sometimes found that it is apt to 

 be winter-killed, and that it mildews badly. 



CATAWBA. 



This is the great wine grape of the South. It was 

 first introduced by Major Adlum, of Georgetown, 

 D. C, and has been subsequently patronized by N. 

 Longworth, Esq., the father of American wine culture. 



Bunches medium size, loose, shouldered. Berries 

 large and round or very slightly oval. Skin rather 

 thick, pale red in the shade, deeper red in the sun, 

 and covered with a lilac bloom. Juicy, sweet, 

 musky. Should be allowed to hang till fully ripe. 

 Downing states, that unless fully ripe it is more 

 musky than the Isabella. Prince, on the other hand, 

 says, that when fully ripe it is quite musky. Our 

 own experience leads us to think that it is moi-e 

 musky when ripe than when unripe. 



