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Diana. 



" This," says Mr. Downing, "is a seedling from the Catawba, grown by 

 Mrs. Diana Crehore. near Boston, Mass." It is smaller size than its parent, 

 but has the character of maturing its fruit two weeks earlier. It is yet but 

 little known, and, although stated to have surpassed its parent, when grown 

 at Mobile, at Cincinnati it has not equaled the Catawba. 



Bunches^ below medium size, compact : berries, round, delicate pale red ; 

 fleshy juicy, sweet, little pulp, rich, and slightly resembling Catawba in 

 flavor. Valuable as a table grape. 



Isabella. 



This variety has, thus far, been stated to have originated in South 

 Carolina, to have been taken thence to a garden in Brooklyn, N. Y., and 

 there given to William Prince, who propagated, distributed, and named it 

 after Mrs. Isabella Gibbs, who then (1816) owned the garden. On the 

 authority of Lewis F. Allen, it was grown several years previous at Nor- 

 wich, Connecticut, as the " Vernet Grape," and claimed to have been 

 brought from one of the French West India Islands. Oiher authority places 

 it as a common variety of Spain, and imported by a Mr. Laspeyre, who 

 cultivated and sold it as '' Laspeyre Grape." in 1810. Geo. Hoadley, Esq., 

 states that in 1824 it was growing in Elizabethtown, N. J., where it was 

 said to have been brought thirty years previous, from South Carolina or 

 Georgia. 



We incline to belief of its being a native, its hardihood, habit, and 

 character all tending that way ; but, come from whence it may, its vigorous 

 habit and productiveness will ever render it a favorite. 



As a wine grape, it is not esteemed. Bunches, large, rather loose, 

 shouldered ; berries^ oval, large, dark purple, when fully ripe nearly black, 

 covered with a blue black bloom ; jiesh^ tender, with some pulp, which 

 lessens as it ripens, juicy, sweet, rich, with slight musky aroma. 



CLASS II. Embraces varieties many of which are new and untested^ and 

 others suited only to certain localities. 



Ada. 



Raised by Dr. Valk, Flushing, L, I. Bunches, large, compact, dark, 

 almost black berries, sweet, vinous. 



Bland. 



Bland's Virginia, I Powell, 



Bland's Madeira, ( Bland's Pale Eed. 



Found oil the Eastern shore of Virginia by Col. Bland. It is not of 

 value north of Philadelphia, on account of not often ripening, and is by 

 many discarded, from its habit of only bearing moderately. As a table 

 grape, in latitude where it will ripen, it is of the best, the objection to it 

 being, that it drops its leaves before ripening. 



