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large, round; dark purple or purplish lilac, with thin, 

 white bloom; flesh very sweet, vinous, rich and aromatic; 

 vine a remarkably vigorous grower; wood short- jointed 

 and hardy; foliago large, thick, healthy, has never been 

 known to mildew. Its habits are similar to the Diana, 

 and it requires ample room and rather long pruning. 

 Ripens usually the first week in September. The fruit 

 sets well, and it has never failed to ripen in the worst of 

 seasons since it first bore. It should be used when ripe, 

 as after that the berries begin to fall from the bunch. 



Salem (Rogers' No. 53). — Vine healthy, vigorous, and 

 productive; bunch large, compact; berry large, round; 

 dark, coppery red; flesh tender, juicy, slight pulp, sweet, 

 a little foxy, aromatic. Ripens about same season as 

 Concord. 



CLASS III. — WHITE GRAPES. 



Duchess. — Raised by A. J, Caywood, Marlboro, N. 

 Y., and said to be a cross of a Avhite Concord seedling 

 and Delaware. Bunch medium to large, shouldered, 

 compact; berries medium, roundish, light green at first, 

 changing to greenish-yellow when mature; flesh tender, 

 free from pulp, juicy, sweet, rich, and of fine quality; 

 vine vigorous, productive. Ripens with Concord. 



Lady. — Originated by Mr. Imlay, of Muskingum Co., 

 Ohio. Said to be a seedling of the Concord. Bunch 

 medium; berry about the size of Concord; skin light 

 greenish-yellow, covered with white bloom; flesh tender 

 and sweet; ripens early; vine hardy and vigorous. A 

 valuable early grape. 



Lady Washington. — A cross of Concord and Allen's 

 Hybrid, raised by J. H. Ricketts, Newburg, N". Y. Bunch 

 large, shouldered; berry medium to large; skin green at 

 first, changing to a pale yellow when matured; flesh 



