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ripe; skin thin, pulp tender, juicy, sweet, and luscious, with 

 fine Frontignan flavor. Fine for table and market, and 

 makes a very delicate white wine, superior to Catawba. 

 Specific gravity of must 80. Vine a strong, rampant 

 grower, with peculiar mottled foliage, ; generally healthy 

 and hardy, though occasionally subject to rot. Ripens 

 with Catawba. Fine on the Lakes, though it develops a 

 stronger feline flavor there. 



IVES. Whoever is satisfied with a grape which is 

 healthy and hardy, and an abundant bearer, but of very 

 poor quality, may plant the Ives. I confess that I would 

 rather not have any grapes if I could not have better 

 than the Ives. It is well enough known to need no de- 

 scription, and, in fact, deserves none,, but it will yield an 

 abundance of fruit, which will color early, generally 

 spoils the market for good grapes ; hangs well to the 

 bunch, and will do for stewing and preserving, also 

 makes a tolerable Claret wine, if allowed to hang very 

 long, and fortified with sugar. Specific gravity of 

 must 72. 



LINDLEY. (Rogers' Hybrid No. 7). Bunch large and 

 long, moderately compact, shouldered; berry medium, 

 about the size of Catawba, round, pale red, with beautiful 

 violet bloom, sweet, juicy, and high flavored ; skin not 

 thick, but tough, which makes it keep excellently. 

 Ripens about the same time as Catawba ; an abundant 

 bearer, a strong, long-jointed grower, and a valuable table 

 and market grape, especially on account of its keeping 

 qualities, though too high flavored for wine. 



MARTHA. Originated with Samuel Miller, at Calmdale, 

 Pa., and has long held its place as " the best white grape 

 for everybody," on account of its health, productiveness, 

 and fair quality for table and wine. It is a seedling of 

 the Concord, and a decided improvement on it. Bunch 

 medium, moderately compact, shouldered ; berry medium, 



