142 Israella. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Ives. 



Israella. (Lubr.) Originated with Dr. (". \V. Grant, 

 who claiiiu'd for it that it was "the earliest srood grajje 

 in cultivation"; but later he himself admitted that it 

 was not as good as his " Eumelan." Witli us it proved 

 later than Hartford. Vine a moderate siower; foliage 

 subject to mildew; bunches large, shouldered, comp-tct, 

 and i-ery handsome when well ripened; berr;/ black 

 with beautiful bloom, rather large, slightly oval, pulpy, 

 not above second-rate iu quality. It is now geueraily 

 discarded. 



The Israella is probably a .seedling of the Isabella, 

 which it resembles in habit of growth and character of 

 fruit. 



Ithaca. (^.Est.-Hijbr.) Raised by Dr. S. J. Parker, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. ; described by its originator as largei- 

 than Walter in bunch and berry; a pure GREenish- 

 YE low; a rose-like smell, a high, Chasselas-Musque- 

 like flavor, and claimed to be a cross of Chasselas on 

 Delaware, ripening liefore Delaware. Said to be hardy, 

 healthy and vigorous. 



THE IVES GRAPE. 



Ives. (Labr. ) Syu. , Ivks' Skedling, Ives' 

 Madeira, Kittred<;e. Raised by Htnrj^ Ives, 

 of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, (probably 

 from the seed of a Hartford, certainly not 

 from a foreign grape as supposed). Col. 

 Waring and Dr. Kittredge were the first to 

 make wine from it — about 1865 — and now it 

 is a popular red wine. While we do not 

 deem it entitled to the first prize '• as the best 

 wine-grape for this country" (awarded to 

 the Ives at Cincinnati, in 1868), we do 

 accord to it the merit of having given a new 

 impulse to grape-growing in Ohio, at a time 

 when the repeated failures of the Catawba 

 vineyards made it most desirable that a more 

 reliable and productive grape should be in- 

 troduced. 



Bunches medium to large, compact, often 

 shouldered ; berries medium, slightly oblong, 

 of a dark purple color, quite black when 

 fully ripe. Flesh sweet and juicy when ripe, 

 but decidedly foxy, and rather pulp}-. Not 

 desirable as a table grape, being of poor 

 quality, but nevertheless a popular market 

 grape, as it bears transportation better than 

 most other (early) kinds. 



It colors very early, long before it is ripe 

 and fit for use; its period of ripening is in 

 fact later than the Concord. The vine is 

 remarkably healthy and hard}' ; generall}' ex- 

 empt from mildew and rot ; a strong, coarse 

 grower, in general habit resembling the Hart- 

 ford. Roots abundant, thick-spreading, and 

 of tolerably hard texture. Liber thick but 

 firm ; pushes new spongioles rapidly and of- 

 fers good resistance to the Phylloxera; it 

 nevertheless did not succeed at all in south- 

 ern France, while in this country, it takes 

 the lead in North Carolina, in the S. E., as 

 well as in Iowa, in the N, W. , and is very 

 popular as a wine grape. It is not an early 

 bearer, four-year old vines of this variety 

 producing the first crop ; it bears profusely 

 when older. The Ives wine has a most beauti- 

 ful deep red color, but a foxj^ taste and odor 

 in the beginning which, however, improves 

 soon. Must 80°. 



Jacques. Syn., Jack. Black Spanish. (Ohio, 

 Cigar Box, &c.) See Lenoir. 



Jaeg-er. (i(«r. x) See Hermann Jaeger, pp. 

 137-138. 



Jaeger's Selected ^^stivalis Seedlings and 

 Crossings. About a quarter of a century ago (in 

 1868) Hermann Jaeger, of Neosho. Newton Co.^ 

 Mo., commenced making selections of the best 

 yEstivalis grapes growing wild in Southwest Mis- 

 souri. Arkansas and Indian Territory. He sent 

 grafts of a number of these to that venerable 

 pioneer of Missouri grape-growers, the late Fred- 

 crick Muench, who thought so much of two of 

 them that he named one " Neosho " and the other 

 " Far West." (See descr. pp. 161 and 127.) Her- 

 mann Jaeger continued selecting and cultivating; 



