154 Massaaoit. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Mendota. 



Massasoit. (Labr.-JTybr.) Rogers' No. 3. 

 A line early grii[)e for table and market. 



Vine a strong grower, and hardj^ ; one of 

 the earliest and best of Rogers' red hybrids, 

 but subject to rot and mildew; and unfruitful 

 if planted out of the reach of pollen from 

 other varieties that blossom at the same time. 

 We copy the following description by the late 

 M. P. Wilder, the noble and celebrated vet- 

 eran of American pomology : 



Bunch rather short, medium size, should- 

 ered ; berry medium to large, color brownish- 

 RED. Flesh tender and sweet, with a little of 

 the native flavor when fully ripe. Season 

 very early, same as the Hartford, hufiiciently 

 vigorous and productive. A desirable garden 

 variety, and in favorable localities (fi'ee from 

 rot) it is a profitable grape. 



Matchless. (Labr. X) Originated by the late 

 John Burr, of Leavenworth, Kans., (about 1887), 

 from mixed seed ; Vim vigorous, hardy and pro- 

 ductive; free from rot and mildew on the origi- 

 nal vine and location where tested. Bunch very 

 large, compact, handsome; berrj^ very large, 

 BLACK; slvin thin but tough ; pulp rather tender, 

 juicy, sprightl}^ rich, vinous sweet, quality very 

 good; ripe early, soon after "Jewel," before Con- 

 cord; and will hang long after ripe on its vines. 

 This is a very attractive market grape of the 

 Labrusca type without foxiness. 



Miithilde. (.Est. X) A seedling of Delaware. 

 Raised by the late G. A. Esenberger, Blooming- 

 ton, Ills. Specially recommended by the origina- 

 tor as a wine-grape. Vine vigorous and produc- 

 tive; Inmch large, very compact, so much so that 

 the fruit sometimes craclis; beny small to full 

 medium, the small ones being often seedless, 

 nearly round, handsome, dark red with lilac 

 bloom ; pulp very juicy, almost melting, vinous, 

 not sweet, but of good qualily. 



Maxatawney. (Labr.) A chance seed- 

 ling, originated in Montgomery Co., Pa., in 

 1844. First brought into notice in 1858. 

 Bunch medium, long, occasionally compact, 

 not usually shouldered ; berry above medium, 

 oblong, pale yellow with slight amber tint on 

 the sunny side. Flesh tender, not pulpy, 

 sweet and delicious, with fine aroma, few 

 seeds; quality best both for table and wine. 

 Ripens rather late for northern localities ; 

 but where it fully ripens, as here in Missouri, 

 it was considered one of the finest of our 

 native white grapes. Moots slender, soft in 

 texture and lil)er. Canes light and of moder- 

 ate length, with average number of laterals. 

 Wood soft with a large pith. Vine healthy 

 and hard}^, needs no protection in winter, but 

 not a strong grower, nor very productive, 

 and in bad seasons inclined to mildew and 

 rot; foliage large, deeply lobed. 



We recommend it only for garden culture, 

 in good rich ground. 



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MAXATAWNEY ( h alf diameter). 



Mead's Sec-fdlingr. {Labr.) Sec C'atawbii Secdl., p. 100. 



Medora. (yEst.-IInhr.) A seedling of the ie/io/V 

 probably crossed witb the Croton, as the clusters 

 from which the seed was taken came from a Lenoir 

 vine interlaced with tlie branches of a Croton vine 

 in Onderdonk's experimental vineyard. Dr. 

 Thomas R. Cocke, an old esteemed amateur hort- 

 iculturist and friend of Onderdonk, living about 

 twenty miles below Victoria, Tex., towards the 

 Gulf, carefully planted that seed, and selected this 

 one as the most promising of those seedlings. The 

 foliage is like the Lenoir, except that its young 

 terminals show little of the pink tinge whicli is 

 characteristic in the Lenoir ; the berries are white, 

 medium, round, translucent enough to see the 

 seed, and of a delicious flavor; the ininches are 

 medium to large, about the same as the Warren ; 

 the vine not a very vigorous grower and inclined 

 to over-production. 



Onderdonk thought this will prove the happiest 

 acquisition to the grapes of the Gulf States since 

 the Herbemont and Lenoir ; he is now propagating 

 it, and suggested the name Mekora, being that 

 of a daughter of Dr. Cocke. 



Mondota. (Labr. <) Originated (ISSB?) by 

 the late John Burr, of Leavenworth, Kan., from 

 mixed seed; vine very vigorous, hard}^ and pro- 

 ductive, seems to be exempt from rot and mildew. 

 Bunch medium, compact, handsome, bernj medi- 

 um, BLACK, tender, sprightly sweet, quality 

 good; ripe very earl3\ about with Jewel; this 

 grape is not as good in quality as Jewel, but is 

 a much stronger grower and more productive. 



nierceron. {Labr.) Sec Catawba Seedling, p. 100. 



