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8. Diana. — A Catawba seedling. Origin, Massachusetts. Not 

 reliable, except on dry and gravelly soils. In localities suited to 

 its requirements it is an excellent grape. Bunches medium in size, 

 Iwnietimes shouldered ; berries also medium; round, red, sweet and 

 musky. Ripens a little before Catawba. One of the best of keepers. 



9. ELSiNBUitGH. — Origin, New Jersey. A good early grape, with 

 large loose bunches ; medium, black berries; sweet and rich. Often 

 mildews. 



10. Haktford PROTiiPtc. — Origin, Hartford, Conn. One of the 

 earliest. Vine healthy and productive. Bunches large. Berries 

 ditfo, round, black ; quality not best. A good market sort on ac- 

 count of its productiveness and early ripening. 



11. Herbemont. — Orioin in the South, and peculiarly a South- 

 ern wine grape. Will not succeed well north of Tennessee without 

 protection. Bunches large and compact. Small, black berries ; 

 sweet and rich in flavor. Productive on poor soils. 



12. lONA. — One of Dr. Grant's seedlings at lona Island, N. Y, 

 A good grape, but not deserving the fulsome praises that were be- 

 stowed upon it by its originator. A seediiug of Catawba, and but 

 little superior in quality or reliability. Bunches large. Berries 

 large, red; rich, excellent. Ripens about with its parent. 



13. ISRAELiiA. — Another of Dr. Grant's much-praised seedlings. 

 Bunches large and handsome ; berries black, a little oval ; not quite 

 so good in quality as the lona. Is said to answer well for the South. 



14. Isabella, — This is an old and well-known grape. Origin, 

 South. Bunches large, with oval and nearly black berries'; juicy, 

 musky, and somewhat acid. Long a favorite in some quarters, but 

 inferior in quality, and hot to be recommended. 



15. Ives' Seedling. — Origin, Cincinnati. One among the best 

 of wine grapes, and fair for market. Bunches rather large ; berries 

 medium, purple changing to black. Sweet and foxy. Keef)8 well. 



16. Lenoir. — Origin, South. Like the Herbemont, best suited 

 to that region. A good grower, and said to be good for both wine 

 and table. 



17. Louisiana. — Origin, Louisiana ; but claimed by some to be 

 a native of France. Bunch medium ; berries small, black, sweet 

 and rich ; healthy, and much esteemed in the South, to which it is 

 only suited. 



