128 Garber. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Goethe. 



Galliip's Seedling'. tL/ibr.-IIi/hr.) Orisi'iatod at 

 Adams' Hasiii, N ^'.. from a seodliiisof Rogers' h^alein, 

 which it is said to rosiMiil)k' in appt-arance. Not liuovvii 

 iioi' testod ill thi' West. 



Garber. (Lahr.) A seedling raised by the late 

 J. B. Garber, of Columbia, Fa., who also orig- 

 inated the Mary Ann and North Carolina. Supe- 

 rior to these. Jhtnch below niediuni, berries full 

 medium, very compact; black, with very dark 

 juice, makes a very good wine, and is of fair qual- 

 ity for the table. Vine hardy, a vigorous grower 

 and immensely productive. Ripens among the 

 ver}- earliest. It resembles the Worden so much 

 tliat some grape growers cannot see any differ- 

 ence between them, but Judge Miller says it is not 

 quite similar and that the "Garber is two weeks 

 earlier. 



Gazelle. One of Ricketts' Hybrids, produced many 

 years ago but neglected, and remaining unknown until 

 Sam. Miller, to wliom lie gave a plant or graft of this 

 his almost forgotten child, tested it and says it is splen- 

 did. Bunch large; berri/ about the size of Herbemout; 

 ci)lor nearly avhite. almost translucent; sweet and deli- 

 <'ious. Its growth pleased us very much. See Ricketts' 

 Hybrids. 



Greiieva. {Lahr.-Hyhr.') Originated by Jacob 

 Moore, of Attica, X. Y., it is the result of two 

 crosses, the first in the year 1865, being from seed 

 of the Black Fox {Lahr.) fertilized b}^"the Muscat 

 of Alexandria. The second cross, planted in the 

 spring of 1874, at Brighton, Monroe county, N.Y., 

 was raised from one of the best hybrid seedlings 

 — a large red grape — fertilized bylona; the one 

 named Geneva being one of the best of that pro- 

 geny. The Vine is a strong grower, hardy and 

 free from mildew thus far, has large leaves, pecu- 

 liar for curving downward at the edges; in hardi- 

 ness of the bud it ranks with the Pocklington. 

 The huneh varies greatly in size, being sometimes 

 verj^ long, usually medium, cylindrical or slightly 

 shouldered, loose. Berries large and obovate, the 

 lower portion of it being larger than the stem 

 portion; color light yellow when fully ripe, 

 translucent, with from one to three seeds, which 

 may be distinctly seen if raised in bags; it has a 

 peculiarly lustruous sitrface with little bloom, 

 characteristics which, once noted, enable anyone 

 to identify the Geneva from other white grapes. 

 Its flesh is juicy, dissolving, vinous, sprightly 

 and agreeable. It is not of highly refined char- 

 acters, but has the remarkable good quality of 

 improving in flavor by keeping if picked before 

 over-ripe, and is especially valuable as an excel- 

 lent keeper and shipper, the berries clinging 

 Hrmly to the stem. Ripens about a week after 

 the Concord. 



Josiah Hoopes, of Pennsylvania, a trustworthy 

 authority, places the Geneva as among our best 

 native grapes, and says that on his grounds it 

 perfected last season (1892) the largest crop of 

 any variety in his collection. At the New York 

 Experiment Station, at Geneva, N. Y., it did not 

 reach expectations in quality. 



Giant Leaf. (yEst.') See Riesenblatt. 



Gilt i:d§r<*- iuEsit.xLabr.) Originated by Dr. Ohisliolin, 

 ai .Spring Hill, Tenn. A Delaware Seedling. Vine 

 tlirifty in growth and foliage, but rather a shy bearer. 

 I'^ruit much like its jjarent in size of 1)uncli ai'id berry, 

 but quite dilTercnl otiierwise, being cream colored; 

 (luality fine, of a delicate flavor, <juite peculiar, sliglitly 

 subaciri. 



Gleiifleld. (Labr.) A chance seedling from 

 the grounds of Geo. J. Magee, of Watkins, X. Y. 

 Bunch large, shouldered, compact, attractive; 

 berry large, nearly round, of a peculiar GiiAViSH 

 color covered with whitish bloom; pulp very 



tender, juicy, sweet, with an agreeable flavor, 

 neither foxy nor astringent. As a table grape it 

 has many good qualities, worthy of a place in the 

 amateur collection. 



Goethe. (Labr.-IIj/hr.) Or Rogers' No. 1. 

 This very valuable variety is, perhaps, more 

 unique and shows in its fruit more of the 

 character of the European species than an}'' 

 of Rogers' other sorts, and yet its vine is one 

 of the hardiest, healthiest, and most produc- 

 tive. Late in ripening for northern localities, 

 it does not always mature there ; but here 

 with tis it produces and perfectly ripens a 

 large crop of beautiful chisters and berries, 

 free from imperfections of aii}' kind, provided 

 it has a gootl rich soil, and has not been per- 

 mitted to overbear, which would ruin its 

 health and productiveness for years to come, 

 if not forever. A sandy soil seems also fav- 

 orable for its continued health, as the roots 

 of the Goethe, though thick — generall}'^ of a 

 scraggy and warty exterior — are feeble, and 

 in clayey soil maj^ perhaps, become a prey 

 to the phylloxera. The vine is a most vigor- 

 ous grower, making stout and long canes, 

 with well-developed laterals. "Wood rather 

 soft, with a moderate pith. 



At the Fall meeting of the Mississippi Val- 

 ley Grape-Growers' Association, Sept. 9, 

 1868, we exhibited for the first time a few 

 branches of the vine, each with several per- 

 fect clusters, which were much admired, and 

 would probably have astonished the origina- 

 tor, could he have seen them. The smallest 

 of them, being of a good average size, we 

 had photographed, and an exact copy of it 

 expressly engraved for this Catalogue. The 

 bunches are medium to large, not quite com- 

 pact, occasionall}^ shouldered : berries very 

 large, oblong, of a yellowish-green, some- 

 times blotched, with a pale red toward the 

 sun and entirel}'^ red when fully ripe ; skin 

 thin, translucent; flesh tender and melting 

 throughout; few seeds; sweet, vinous, ancl 

 juic}^ with a peculiar, delicious aroma. Spe- 

 cific gravity of must TS'* ; altogether a most 

 desirable grape for the Middle Atlantic 

 States, the Ohio and Lower Missouri Valleys, 

 both for the table and for wine, but even in 

 South Florida, in the experimental garden at 

 Waldo, on the beautiful shores of Lake Santa 

 Fe, some Goethe were admired larger in size 

 and more compact than were ever seen on the 

 mother vine ; but there also line specimens of 

 Cbasselas and Black Hamburg are grown in 

 open air grafted on ^Estivalis 



Gold Coin. (^Jst. X) Produced by T. V. Mun- 

 son in 1883 by pollinating Norton with Martha. 

 A^ine vigorous, late in leaflng. shedding leaves and 

 flowering, verj'^ hardy and productive, flowers per- 

 fect; clusters medium, berry medium to large, 

 persistent, rich golden yellow when fully ripe. 



