202 NOMENCLATURE OF GRAPES. 



TROY GRAPE. 



Purple Hamburgh, of Troy, N. Y. 



A vine called by the second title above stated is much cul- 

 tivated in the gardens of Troy ; but as it is a genuine native, 

 and the common appellation is so very incorrect and calculated 

 to create much confusion, I have adopted a different one and 

 called it the Troy grape. I am not certain, however, but ex- 

 perience may prove it to be synonymous with some other na- 

 tive variety. I made the following description from actual 

 observation the past year, and think it a valuable native 

 grape. 



The leaves are smooth above and downy beneath, partially 

 three-lobed, with slight indentures, the teeth terminating in 

 small points ; the fruit is of very good quality, and the flavour 

 pleasant, with a little of the fox taste ; the form somewhat 

 oval, and the size about that of the Isabella, to which it bears 

 considerable affinity. It is a very hardy, vigorous vine, pro- 

 duces large crops, and the fruit is held in much estimation. 



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NAZRO GRAPE. 



This vine was originated from seed by Henry Nazro, Esq. 

 of this state, a gentleman much devoted to the culture of the 

 grape, the parent vine is the Troy grape which I have just 

 described. 



The seed which produced the Nazro grape was planted in 

 the fall of 1825, and the vine has borne fruit the two seasons 

 of 1828 and 1829. The berries hitherto produced, have been 

 of medium size, and only about half as large as those of the 

 parent vine, they are of oval form, sweet and of very pleasant 

 flavour, possessing less of the fox taste, and seem in these 

 respects to be quite an improvement on the original- Those 

 I have eaten (and which were politely sent me by Mr. N.) had 

 in no case more than one seed, and one berry had none. 



