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

 fine Frontignan flayor. 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, Avith peculiar mottled foliage, ; generally healthy 

 and hardy, though occasionally subject to rot. Eipens 

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

 stronger feline flavor there. 



Iyes. — 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 haw better 

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

 scrijDtion, 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°. 



LiNDLET. — {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. 



Maetha. — 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 9 decided improvement on it. Bunch 

 medium, moderately compact, shouldered ; berry medium, 



