156 Mo. Biesling. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Montejiore. 



Missouri Rieslina;.* (/??>.x)Syn., 

 Gkein's No. 1. Rtiised li}^ the late 

 Nicholas Grein, Hermaun, Mo., from 

 Taylor seed. 



Vine hardy and veiy healthy ; a 

 moderate grower, comparatively short- 

 jointed ; with healthy thick leaves ; very 

 productive. BanrJi medium, moderatelj' 

 compact, slightly shouldered ; berry me- 

 dium, round, GKEEXISH-AVHITE, but light 



red when f ull}- ripe ; very tender pulp, 

 juic}', sweet, of fine quahty, making an 

 exquisite white wine ; and on this ac- 

 count it is now largely planted by wine- 

 growers of Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, 

 but too late for locations further north. 

 Ripens ten days after .the Concord. 

 Friend Rommel justly calls it "a Sister 

 of Elvira." 



Modena. (?) Originated by the late 

 A. J. Caywood, of Poiighkeepsie, X. Y. 

 Bunch and bei'ry small, black, vine strong 

 and hardy. We could not get any reliable 

 information, nor the vine for trial. It is 

 perhaps the same as Mingo? of which 

 friend Sam. Miller told ns : "This makes 

 the darkest and one of the best wines I 

 have ever tasted."' 



Moltke. {Labr.-ITifhr.) Seedling of Salem, 

 raised by Rautenberg. of Lincoln, 111. Has 

 character and color like Agawam, but of 

 a somewhat darker hue when fully ripe. 

 Bunch medium, sometimes shouldered, ber- 

 ries very large, oblong; skin thick, pulp 

 soft, sugary and aromatic; vine very pro- 

 ductive and vigorous, toood medium short- 

 jointed; buds prominent; the whole ap- 

 pearance of the vine resembles Agawam ; 

 but it ripens ten daj's earlier and is sweeter, 

 may mildew, like all the Rogers in some 

 localities ; — a long keeper. 



Slonroe. A oi-oss between the Belmvare and 

 the Concord; raised by Elwanger and Barry and 

 descril)ed as follows: 



Bunch medium to larjre, shouldered,— sometliing lilve 

 Conrord; 6e;r/es la r^e, round; slvin ratlier thiolv; black 

 covered with a white bloom; very handsome. Flesh 

 juicy, sweet, (sub-acid), vinous, spri<rhtly: a pleasant, 

 refreshing table grape. The vine is vigorous, with firm, 

 short-jointed, hardy wood and fine healtliy foliaue: 

 it is grown 'iuccessfully in some localities. Ripens witli 

 Hartford. Tlie Monroe is, however, dropped from El- 

 wanger and Barry's .select list of grapes in their own 

 catalogue. 



Montefiore. (RijJ. X) Rommel's Taylor- 

 Seedling No. 14. yVwe moderatel3' vigorous in 

 growth, but very healthy and hardy ; sutlici- 

 ently productive. Both wood and foliage show 

 considerable admixture of Labrusca with Ri- 

 paria. Bunch small to medium, compact, 

 sometimes shouldered as in annexed engrav- 

 ing ; berries of small medium size, round ; skin 

 thin but firm, black with a delicate blue bloom, 

 and rich in coloring matter; flesh melting, vi- 

 nous, sweet, with a delicate aromaand a delici- 

 ous flavor, uniting fine quality with productive- 



* Pronounce: ReesUng. 



MONTEFIORE. 



ness ; ripening (a few days) after Concord, 

 and before Norton's Va. Seedling. 



This unostentatious grape attracted the at- 

 tention of our senior when Rommel first ex- 

 hibited it at Rochester, N. Y., where the Am. 

 Pomol. Society met, August, 1879. With 

 consent of the originator, we have given it 

 the name of the great Jewish philanthropist 

 MoxTKFiOKE, Avhich name denotes at the same 

 time a '•^Jlountain-Jf nicer. " It has fruited for 

 years, in various localities, with quite satis- 

 factory results, even in seasons when the 

 Concord rotted badl3\ 



At the Hermann Fair, 1882, this grape was 

 awarded an extra premium as the best new 

 Seedling for Red Wine, and none equal to it 

 for that purpose has been produced since. 

 This fall, 1894, our vines of the Montefiore 

 were well loaded with perfect bunches and the 

 must weight was 90°. Equall3J favorable re- 



