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Gaertner, No. 14. — Bunch above medium size ; berry from medium to 

 large ; skin thin ; color light red, with a pleasant aromatic flavor. The \ine 

 is productive, and the fruit ripens early. 



Agazcam, No. \^. — This variety has been here considered the highest 

 flavored of the series. Bunch large, somewhat loose, shouldered ; berry 

 large, globular ; skin thick, of a brownish-red color, like the Catawba ; 

 flesh tender and juicy, free from tough pulp ; flavor very rich and pleasant, 

 having a peculiar aroma, thought by some to resemble the Black Hamburg. 

 The vine is the most vigorous of all, and very productive ; but, in unfavor- 

 able seasons and soils, the fruit is somewhat inclined to rot. The illustra- 

 tion is from a bunch grown in the gaixlen of jNIr. W. H. Harrington of 

 Salem, in 1863, and is slightly reduced in size to accommodate it to the 

 page, having measured four and a half by six inches. This vine, in 1863, 

 covered a trellis seventy-five feet long by eight or ten feet high, and bore 

 about seven hundred bunches ; being then five or six years old. 



Mcrri/nack, A^o. 19. — The bunch is generally not as large as the majority 

 of the black varieties ; berry large, globular ; skin black ; flavor sweet and 

 rich. Ripens early, and is of uniform good quality even in unfavorable 

 seasons ; vine very vigorous and a good bearer. This may be classed 

 among our best early grapes. 



Requa, No. 28. — Bunch large, shouldered \ berry of medium size, round- 

 ish ; skin thinner than most of the collection ; color red ; flesh tender and 

 sweet, having in some seasons a trace of the native flavor. 



Essex, No. d^\. — Bunch of medium size, shouldered ; berry somewhat 

 flattened, in this respect resembling the native parent ; flesh tender and 

 sweet, ■>vith a high aromatic flavor, excelling on this point most of the 

 black varieties. Ripens early. 



Barry, N'o. 43. — Bunch rather short, broad, and compact ; berries round- 

 ish to oval, much like Black Hamburg in general appearance ; flesh deli- 

 cate, sweet, and tender ; s!<in thin ; color black. Ripens as early as Con- 

 cord, and is one of the best black grapes. Vine very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Herbert, No. 44. — Bunch rather long and loose ; berry of medium size, 

 round, or sometimes oblate ; flesh tender, sweet, and rich. Early and 

 productive. 



