132 Green Ulster. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Haskell's Seedl. 



dJreoii Ulster. (Labr.) Originated with John 



B. Moore, of Concord, Mass. It was first exhib- 

 ited in 1879 before the Am. Pomological Society ; 

 the report calls it a white grape of excellent 

 quality; it is a moderate grower and holds its 

 foliage until frost. The vine is healthy and hardy, 

 about as vigorous as Martha. Bunch and berry of 

 medium si/e, excellent quality, ripens a week be- 

 fore Concord; its foliage resembles Martha. It 

 is most probably of same parentage. 



Grein's Seedlingrs. (liip.-Hnhr.) A lot of Tay- 

 lor Seedlings raised by the late Nicholas Grein, 

 near Hermann, Mo., and by him supposed to have 

 been produced from seed of the European Kies- 

 ling which he had sown, but which, as pi'oven 

 afterwards, was mixed with Taijlor seed ; the 

 European Riesling did not come up at all, while 

 from the Tcnjlor (i?0>- X) sprang Grein's No. 1, 

 named ''Missouri Eiesling." (See descr.) 

 No. 2 — Gkein\< Golden. Somewhat similar to 

 his Missouri Riesling, but a stronger grower; 

 hunch medium, not very compact, handsomely 

 shouldered; horries larger than most other 

 TayJor seedlings, of a deep yellow golden 

 color, bronzy toward the sun; sweet, juicy, 

 with little pulp. Ripens with Concord. A 

 valuable grape for family use, table, and 

 market. 

 No. 3 — much resembles his Missouri Riesling in 

 bunch and berry; said to contain more sugar 

 and to make still better wine. 

 No. 4 — also resembling the former, and said to 

 iiuike a very tine wine of a deep golden color 

 and delightful flavor. 

 No. 7, or Grein's extra earhj. Vine a vigorous 

 grower, moderately productive ; bunch and 

 berry resembling Delaware in size and shape 

 but not in color, which herein is a beautiful 

 GKEENisH-YELLOW, with a distinct star-like 

 speck on each berry. Ripening about same 

 time as Concord. 



Grove. (Labr. xi Originated by Thomas Grove, of 

 Tecumseh, Neb. A seedling of Concord crossed with 

 Clinton. Vine hardy and productive; bunch medium, 

 sometimes shouldered; berries medium, white, turn- 

 ing; amber in the sun; skin thin but very tougli; pulp 

 tender, sweet; ripens a few days later than tlie Con- 

 coi'd. 



Guinevra. {Hi/1>r.-Labr.XVin.) Originated by 



C. Engle, of Paw Paw, Mich., a seedling of Salem. 

 (Rogers 53.) Vine very vigorous, productive; 

 bunch large, long, seldom shouldered, compact; 

 often as solid to the feeling as an ear of corn; 

 berry large, white, ripens late, too late for Mich- 

 igan, where it originated, unless the season hap- 

 pens to be unusually long. Further south it 

 would probably do better, and where tested is 

 said to be of very good quality. Not dissemi- 

 nated. 



Hag-ar. (^st.-Hybr.) See Alvey, p. 85. 



Halifax Seedling. {Labr-llybr.) See Wylie's 

 Seedlings. 



Hall. (?) W(' find a variety by tliat name at tlie ex- 

 periment statifjii of Michi>raii claiminji to be orijiinated 

 in tliat State; anollierof tlie same name f?i'own by 1). 

 Hail, iri'l)ana, Oliio. Both as yet unknown. 



Harmer. {Labr. X) A cross between V. Lat)r. and V. 

 Ripaiia, found in Hartford county, Conn., l)y D. Alder- 

 ton, Marilxjro, N. \. A rampant grower witli l)rijrlit 

 green leaves, sligiitly downy underneath, lieaitiiy and 

 hardy; launch l)elow medium; modei'ately conipact; 

 berries medium; black; hard pulp, of petmliar spicy 

 taste, sweet, not veiy productive, late; said to make a 

 nice, good red wine. 



llarrell. (Labr.) A chance seedling orginated l)y 

 Obed Harrell, of Chrisman, Ills. Vine vigorous anil 



productive. Cluster medium, compact, berry medium, 



WHITE, ver ' ~ " 



knoivn to us.' 



WHITE, vei;y sweet. IMitzki/'s Our Native Grape. Not 



• S.J 



Harrison. (Labr..) A seedling of Concord, produced 

 by Isaac Staples, Dayton, Ohio. Vine as vigorous, 

 hardy and thrifty as its parent, also leaf healthy and 

 thick; bunch medium to large, moderately compact; 

 berries medium, red, quality good, flavor pure, no foxi- 

 ness: ripens with the Concord. [Mitzky's Our Native 

 Grape.'] 



Hart or Hart Grape. {^Est.) See Lincoln and 

 Devereux. 



Hartford. {Labr.) Syn., Haktfoud Prolific 

 The standard for earliness among grapes. Was 

 raised from seed of Isabella by Steel, of Hartford, 

 Conn., over forty years ago. It is well-known 

 and generally planted as a very prolific early 

 market variety ; ripens about ten days in advance 

 of the Concord; but as soon as ripe it generally 

 di'ops its fruit, and is of poor quality. The vine 

 is very healthy and hardy, and produces immense 

 crops. Bunches large, shouldered, rather compact ; 

 berries round, full medium, black; fiesh pulp}\ 

 juicy, with a perceptible foxy flavor; roots very 

 abundant, branching and fibrous, of average 

 thickness and toughness, and tolerably firm liber. 

 Canes stout, with strong crooks at the joints, 

 laterals well developed, and having considerable 

 down on the young growth. Wood hard, with a 

 small pith. As a market grape it is considered 

 valuable by some, on account of its earliness and 

 great productiveness, but even as such it is infe- 

 rior to several others. 



Framingham and Seneca are almost identical 

 with Hartford; the Pioneer and Yonkers 

 Honey Dew are similar to it, but considered bet- 

 ter grapes. Let us discard the Hartford, which only 

 destroys the appetite for grapes, and injures the 

 sale and price of all sorts; while a really (food very 

 early market grape would increase the demand 

 for all later varieties. And we have now by far 

 better very early varieties, earlier than Hart- 

 ford even. (See Earlj^ Ohio, Moore's Early, be- 

 sides several others.) 



Harwood. {jEst.) Syn., Improved Warren; obtained 

 from Major llarwood, of Gonzales, Tex., similar to Her- 

 bemont in every respect except size of berry, which is 

 nearly double the size of that of Hei'bemont; it also 

 varies in color, sometimes being no darker than Diana: 

 ripens four or five days earlier tlian the Warren or Her- 

 bemont. It originated in the garden of Colonel Har- 

 wood, at Gonzales, Texas. This grape has short-.iointed 

 heavy canes, is not as rank a grower as Herbeniont, and 

 does not grow readily from cuttings. 



Haskell's Seedlings. Of the very large number of 

 hylirids produced l)ythe long-continued and expensiA'e 

 labors of George Haskell, of Ipswich, Mass., he has se- 

 lected forty varieties, designated by numbers only, 

 which he ottered for sale in 1877; but as he would not sell 

 less than thirty vines to anyone grape-grower or nur- 

 seryman at a price which, though low, considering 

 their cost to the originator, yet exceeds the ability of 

 most grape-growers,— and as they are all hybrids be- 

 tween the foreign (Black Hamburg, White Irontignan 

 and White Chasselas) and native (HIack-fox, Amber- 

 fox and Pigeon), and had not lieeii tested in other local- 

 ities, very few of them have l)een distr. bated. 



Our proposition to take a few only, for trial, was de- 

 clined, although Haskell says himself in his very inter- 

 esting "Account of various Experiments for the Pro- 

 duction of new and desiral)le Grapes," that it cannot be 

 desiral)le to propagate so many varieties in any locality. 

 Thus the results of his long and meritorious labors will 

 pi'o))ably forever remain in obscniity ; and while a pe- 

 imniary recompense was not, fortunately for Haskell, 

 "by aiiy meansa matter of necessity" with liim, it is 

 to be J'egretted that the results he obtained, which 

 might have been a Ijeneflt to the pulilic and of value to 

 this country, were thus lost. This from our Catalogue 

 (3d edition, 188.3), and now, after more than ten years, 

 we never heard of Haskell's grapes anywhere, except- 

 ing one (the "RuHY" (1. V.) , although the fruitcommit- 

 tee of the American Pomological Society, and other 

 authorities to whom Haskell sent some of these grapes 

 for judgment, pronounced several of excellent quality. 



