186 Waverly. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



White Ivijjerial. 



M'arcler. See Dr. Warder, page 147. 

 Warren. {Mst.) See Herbemont, page 134. 

 Warrenton. See Herbemont, page 134. 

 Waterrowu. {Lahr. X Vin.) Syii., Laura. Page 147. 



M'averl.v. iRip.-lJybr.) One of Kicketts' first efforts 

 in the pioduction of seedling grapes. It is a seedling of 

 the Clinton and one of tlie Muscats. Vine very vigor- 

 ous, btudy, liealthy and productive; /eaves moderately 

 large, jatlier thicK, slightly lobed, coarsely serrated; 

 wood short-jointed; bunch medium, long, shouldered, 

 compact; berry medium to large, oval, black with thin 

 blue bloom: ./fes^ crisp, juicy, sweet, vinous, refreshing. 

 The bunches want thinning out considerably. 



Kiclcotts considers it one of the best black grapes for 

 amateur and family use. 



TV. B. Munson. (imc. X Triumph.) See Mun- 

 son's Hybrid, p. 159. 



Weehawken. { V. Vinifera.) Raised by the late Dr. 

 Charles Siedhof, of North Hoboken, N. J., from a seed 

 of a grape from the Crimea. A white grape of fine 

 tjuality. Its foliage is very handsome, and decidedly 

 foreign in character; its fruit fine; but only by graft- 

 ing it on native roots, and careful nursing and covering 

 in winter, can we obtain some of it in favorable seasons. 



Welcome. (Vinifera Hybrid.) An exotic grape, 

 raised by James H. Ricketts, being a cross be- 

 tween Pope's Hamburg and Canon Hall-Muscat. 

 Here it can be grown in a cold or hot grapery 

 only ; for Southern California and part of Georgia, 

 however, it may prove very successful. A vine 

 planted at San Saba for testing shows a very vig- 

 orous growth, and the fruit is pronounced the 

 very best ; the bunch large, compact ; the berry 

 large, roundish-oval, black with a thick grayish 

 bloom; tiesh very tender, juicy, sweet, refreshing, 

 vinous, rich, aromatic. A first-class grape in 

 every respect. 



Wells. {Lahr. X ) This large, showy white 

 grape originated in Ohio and was discovered there 

 by a Mr. Wells, an amateur fruit grower, who re- 

 quested and obtained a few cuttings with i^ermis- 

 siou to grow and propagate therefrom. These 

 were planted in Rich Hill, Bates county. Mo., and 

 bore the first crop in 1885. Under the name of 

 Wells' Seedling (after its first propagator) it was 

 exhibited at the Kansas City and St. Louis Fairs, 

 where it attracted attention on account of its 

 color, large size, perfect bunch and peculiar 

 flavor ; it received first premiums at several fruit 

 shows. C. I. Robards, of Bates county, Mo., its 

 introducer, claims that, "the vine is a healthy, 

 good grower with large, substantial foliage, bear- 

 ing abundant annual crops ; bunch and berry me- 

 dium to above, about as large as Pocklington, 

 moderately compact, color of a peculiar bronze 

 shade: berries oval in shape, hanging well to the 

 vine, of good quality, a good shipper and keeper. 

 Has not been injured in winter with mercury "l^" 

 below zero; and has rotted but little, while on 

 Concords near bj^ more than half the bunches 

 have rotted. 



[By oversight we had not planted the Wells, 

 received for testing, until 1893, hence have not 

 fruited it. May prove valuable.] 



'Weiiiple. {Labr.) See Cuyahoga, page 111. 



M'lieatoii. ijEsit.-Hybr.) Originated by Dan. W. Bab- 

 cock, Danville, N. V., from Delaware Seedling. A 

 WHITE grape; not yet tested. 



White Ann Arbor. See Concord Seedl., p. 107. 



White Beanty. (Lnbr. X ) Another seedling 

 of the Duchess, originated by Dr. J. Stayman, of 

 very fine quality. Vine vigorous, hardy, healthy 

 and veiy productive ; never rotted or mildewed on 

 the ground where it originated; has strong La- 

 brusca foliage ; bunch large, long, double shoul- 



dered, compact; veiy handsome ; berry medium, 

 WHITE, firm but tender, juice sprightly, vinous, 

 sweet, of best quality. Ripens about with Con- 

 cord, and will hang on the vine long after ripe. 



Our friend Sam. Miller, as also Mr. Van Trump, 

 classed the White Beauty and White Imperial as 

 the best white grapes. 



M'bite Cape. {Labr.) See Alexander, page 84. 

 White Catawba. (Labr.) See Catawba Seedl., p. 100. 



White Cloud. (Labr. X ) One of three sisters 

 produced from Duchess by Dr. J. Stayman, of 

 Leavenworth, Kan. Vine in vigor, hardiness, 

 proclivity and foliage like White Beauty, and is, 

 so far, exempt from fungoid disease. Bunch large, 

 compact, handsome ; berry above medium, white, 

 tender, juicy, sprightly, vinous, sweet; quality 

 best. Ripens about with Concord and will hang 

 on the vines long after ripe. 



Wlilte Delaware. A pure Delaware seedling, origi- 

 nated with George W. Campbell, of Delaware, O. The 

 vine is in some localities more vigorous and robust in 

 habit than the Delaware under the same conditions and 

 circumstances; its foliage is large, thick and heavy, in 

 flavor it seems equal to the old Delaware. Its main 

 fault is want of size and productiveness; the berries 

 and bunches will both rather fall below than go above 

 the size of Delaware. In form of bunch and berry it is 

 like the Delaware, compact and shouldered; color 

 GREENiSH-'WHiTE with thin white bloom. Kipens early. 

 Not very productive. 



Another " White Delaware" seedling has been raised 

 by Hermann Jaeger, of Neosho; while the bunch and 

 berries closely resemble the Delaware in shape and size, 

 it has otherwise some characteristics of a Labrtisca. 



White Delaware Seedlings have also been produced 

 by Jacob Rommel, by the late John Burr, J. Sacksteder, 

 Dr. J. Stayman, D. B. Woodbury and others, but were 

 no improvement and mostly not disseminated. 



Wtaiteball. (Labr.) An early black grape, supposed 

 to be a chance seedling, originated on the grounds of 

 Geo. Goodale, in Washington county, N. Y., and said to 

 be nearly two weeks ahead of the Hartford. This grape 

 is described to be of the size of the Isabella; bunch\a,rs:e 

 and moderately compact, color dakk purple; berries 

 thin-skinned and adhering well to the stem; pulp ten- 

 der, melting, and sweet. The vine a good grower, pro- 

 ductive and hardy. With us, here, it has proved neither 

 very productive nor as early as was claimed for it. 



White's Hybrids. Too late for insertion in the 

 early pages of this Descriptive Catalogue, we re- 

 ceived from N. B. White, of Nonfood, Mass., a 

 list of his Hybrids with corrections as to their 

 parentage, which are as follows: 



August Giant, Occidental, Oriental, Nor- 

 wood and Norfolk are all produced from seed 

 of Wild Labrusca crossed by Black Hamburg. 



Amber Queen, Bay-State and Black Ma- 

 deira are produced from seed of Marion, crossed 

 by Black Hamburg. 



International, considered the best of his col- 

 lection, originated from Marion seed crossed by 

 White Frontignan ; and Continental from Black 

 Hamburg seed crossed bj'^ Riparia and Labrusca 

 Hybrid. 



These varieties have not received the attention 

 they deserve; their originator being an unobtru- 

 sive, though enthusiastic and careful viticulturist, 

 working during the last quarter century, on the 

 improvement of the American grape. 



White Imperial. (Labr. X ) A sister of White 

 Beauty, produced by Dr. J. Stajanan from the 

 Duchess. Vine very vigorous and productive, 

 with foliage much like White Beauty, and though 

 generally free from rot, it suffered some little 

 from this disease in unfavorable seasons, but not 

 as badly as Concord on the same grounds. Bunch 

 large, long, double shouldered, compact; berry 

 medium, white, tender, juicy, sprightly and 

 spicy, sweet with an exquisite flavor. Ripens 



