White Jeivel. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



White Ulster. 187 



soonjafter Jewel, or about a week before Dela- 

 ware; it is one of the tirst of the white grapes to 

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



White Jewel. (i?;>. X ^ A cross from Elvira, 

 raised either by the late John Burr or by Dr. J. 

 Stayman, growing on tlie grounds of both, and 

 the original vine lost. Vine vigorous, hardy and 

 immensely productive, four, often five bunches 

 to a shoot; as free from rot and mildew as its 

 parent, the Elvira. Jkanch handsome, medium 

 size, rather long, verv compact; berry medium, 

 WHITE, tender, very juicy, sprightly, sweet ; qual- 

 ity very good. Ripens very early, about Avith 

 Jewel, which is now considered our earliest grape. 



H'liite Muscat of Wewburg. (Lahr. X ) A seedling 

 of ^ari!/orrf fertilized by pollen tvom lona, raised and 

 exhibited l)y the Lite Dr. Culbert, of Newburg, N. Y., 

 in 1877. Vine hardy and a vigorous gi-ower; l3unch 

 and berry of fair size. It has a fine Muscat aroma, or, 

 rather, a toned-down foxiness. Some confound this 

 variety with White's Northern Muscat iLabr.-Hybr.), 

 originated liy W. T. Wliite, of Troy.O., said to l)e known 

 also as the Culinary grape; foxy and inferior, with very 

 large berries, partly green and partly light dull red. 

 (Not known to us.) 



White Ulster. Labr. X) Originated by the late A. J. 

 Caywood from a seedling of his Ulster Prolific crossed 

 with White Concord. An amateur variety. 



White Virginia Seedling. See Norton's, by 

 Balsiger; see also same by Langendorfer, p. 164. 



WILDER. (Rogers' Hybrid No. 4.) 



