D'Elhoux. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Detroit. 115 



DELAWBA. 



Prof. Lamson Scribner, Director of the Experi- 

 ment Station, University of Tennessee, wrote 

 Sept. 2d, 1890: " Delawba is a remarkably good 

 grape, possessing a sweet, delicate flavor, and if 

 its ' tlirif ty growth and free bearing habit' is 

 maintained in other localities it will be a valuable 

 acquisition to our vineyards." 



W. A. Taylor, Acting Pomologist of the U. S. 

 Dept. of Agr. at Washington, D. C, wrote in 

 August, 1891 : The specimens of Delawba, which 

 you say you are ashamed to send, certainly con- 

 firm my opinion formed when the previous lot was 

 received. I think this a most excellent grape, un- 

 less it has some weak point that I have not studied. 



The illustration, showing two average medium 

 bunches photographed from a Delawba vine 

 loaded with near one himdred clusters in August, 

 1894, after a season of excessive drouth, shows 

 that its " free bearing habit " is fully maintained ; 

 and we believe that it will be thu mo^t dfsimhie 

 lohite-wine grape since the introduction of the Elvira 

 (in 1874), — better in quality, ships well, keeps 

 well, does not crack : combining in fact as well as 

 in name qualites of the Delawake and Catawba, 

 without beiag inclined to the diseases of either. 



D'Elboux. (Lahr.-Hifhr.) Produced by C. S. 

 Copley, of Stapleton. Staten Island, N. Y., from 

 seed of Telegraph (Labr.) fertilized with Wil- 

 mot's Hamburg (Vin.) Vine a strong, rampant 

 grower, with short-jointed canes; very hardy and 



productive. Foliage large, slightly three-lobed,. 

 dull green on both sides, the under side being 

 smooth and not downy, otherwise it would be 

 taken for pure Labrusca leaf; it seems not liable 

 to either rot or mildew. Bunch and fternVs very 

 large, black, oval or hammered like its male 

 parent, skin thick, never cracks; sets its fruit evenly 

 and well; no thinning is required, yet the bunch 

 is compact and very showy. Ripens with Hart- 

 ford: it colors before and will hang until frost; 

 its tiavor is rich, pure and sweet, something be- 

 tween the taste of Isabella and Hamburg; makes 

 a brilliant, dark, ruby red wine of good body, rich 

 flavor and bon<[uet or aroma. It has taken a large 

 nnmbei- of medals, certificates of merit, diplomas 

 and money prizes, at the fairs, as very promising 

 for market,-- wine and table; but this, the most 

 valuable of Copley's hybrids, has not yet been 

 disseminated. 



Deiiipsey's Seedling-s. See Burnet, p. 96. 



Detroit. (Labr.) This variety is supposed to 

 be a seedling of Catawba. It was found in a gar- 

 den in Detroit, Mich We copy from a descrip- 

 tion in the Horticulturist: "Vine very vigorous 

 and hardy; foliage resembling Catawba; wood 

 short-jointed; liunches large, compact; Iterrieft very 

 dark rich brown claket with a light bloom, 

 round and regular ; flesh with very little pulp, rich 

 and suijar}'. Ripens earlier than the Catawba." 



