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profitable where it succeeds and colors well. This is not 

 everywhere the case, however ; it wants a warm and rather 

 moist soil, cold locations will not do for it, and yet in the 

 most southern locations, it is also apt to sunscald. This can, 

 in a great measure, be prevented by early summer pruning, 

 and I shall refer to the subject under that head. 



It was first introduced into the State by Wm. McPherson 

 Hill, of Sonoma Co., and I cannot find it in any work on 

 Grape Culture I have examined. Vine a strong grower, 

 large in all its proportions, wood, joints and leaves. Wood 

 dark brown, straight, with long joints; leaves dark green, with 

 a brownish tinge, slightly lobed; bunch very large, sometimes 

 weighing eight to nine pounds, moderately compact, shoul- 

 dered ; berry very large, oblong, red, covered with fine lilae 

 bloom, fleshy and crackling, firm ; ripens late. The clip- 

 pings of small and imperfect berries, cut out when packing, 

 will make a very agreeable white wine, with pleasant acid and 

 good bouquet, and can thus be utilized to good advantage. 



Black Damascus. Synonym Blauer Damascener Zwetsch- 

 gentraube, Ribier. Vine a medium grower, wood light brown, 

 striped with darker brown, short jointed. Leaf round, five 

 lobed, smooth, light green above, tomentose beneath, stem 

 reddish ; bunch large, loose, shouldered ; stem large and 

 long, woody ; berry very large, oblong, dark blue, covered 

 with lighter bloom, meaty, skin thick, ripens late. 



Emperor. Vine a strong grower and rather a shy bearer, 

 better adapted to Southern than Northern culture, as it ripens 

 very late. Wood long jointed, brown, half rough and large, 

 deeply lobed. Bunch long and loose, shouldered, very large; 

 berry oblong, purplish black, covered with lighter bloom., 

 thick skin, firm. 



Black Cornuchon. Synonym, Cornichon Violett, Eichel- 

 traube. Vine a strong but stocky grower, with thick, close 

 jointed, brown wood. Leaf large and thick, deeply lobed, dark 



