70 Alma. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Aminia. 



AMBER 



Alma. (Miparia-Hybr.} A seedling of the 

 Bacchus fertilized with a hybrid seedling from 

 a cross between a hardy native variety and the 

 "Purple Constantia," from the Cape of Good 

 Hope(?), produced by JAS. H. RICKETTS, who 

 says, in presenting this new seedling grape : 

 "I feel confident that it^willmeet the approval 

 of the grape and wine-growers of America, as 

 it is a pleasant dessert grape, and makes a 

 splendid wine, with a rose and wintergreen 

 flavor most delicately blended. This variety 

 is a fine healthy grower ; foliage large, lobed, 

 slightly tomentose on the under side ; perfectly 

 hardy and has never shown the least trace of 

 disease. The must has stood by the scale 100- 

 107; acid, 5-7." Ripens^with or soon after the 

 Hartford Prolific. Bunch medium, compact, 

 seldom shouldered ; berry medium, black with 

 blue bloom ; spicy and, very sweet. Vine vig- 

 orous and healthy. How this will do in other 

 sections and soils remains to be proved; at 

 Rickett's place it does well and is very fine. 



Amanda. (Labr.) Description in our former edi- 

 tion, copied from Catalogue of Bluffton Wine Co. (and 

 Hort. Annual, 1868) totally.diifers from the fruit which 

 we obtained from plants ot^same source. " It is a large 

 black, thick-skinned, hard-pulped grape ; in taste and 

 aroma somewhat similar to Ives and^Rentz ; the bunch 

 is of medium size, compact, quite showy ; the vine a 

 most vigorous, healthy Labrusca. Esteemed for red 

 wine by some; may be the.same^as "August Pioneer." 



Amber (Kiparia X). A sister of the 

 Elvira, raised by Jacob Rommel, of 

 Missouri, seems to be a cross between 

 Riparia and Labrusca, having some 

 eharacteristics of both species. Vine 

 hardy, vigorous and moderately pro- 

 ductive; Rommel says it should be 

 fruired on spurs from old wood; a 

 rather long-jointed strong grower; 

 dark brown wood, with large fo- 

 foliage, some-what downy beneath. 

 Bunches long, shouldered, moderately 

 compact ; berry medium, oblong, pale 

 amber when ripe, skin thin; pulp 

 tender ; sweet, juicy and of fine flavor. 

 Ripens later than Concord, and some- 

 what earlier than Catawba. A table 

 grape combining good quality with 

 attractive appearance, but too tender 

 for shipping to distant markets ; may 

 also make a very good white wine. It 

 seems, however, not to hold its leaves 

 as firmly as other Taylor Seedlings . 



Amber Queen (Hybr.). Described in 

 Ellwanger & Barry's catalogue (by the 

 originator) as follows : " Bunch large, shoul- 

 dered like the Hamburg; berry large, fre- 

 quently oblong ; holds persistently to the 

 bunch ; amber colored at first, but grows 

 darker till it becomes a purple grape ; flesh 

 tender, rich, and seeds small ; plant a strong grower, 

 with thick leaves, somewhat downy on the under side. 

 Fruit always eatable in August, and with proper care 

 will keep all winter." (We have never seen this 

 grape. B. & S. & M.) 



Aminia. (Supposed Rogers' No. 39.) In Fall 

 of 1867 we tried to get those of Rogers' un- 

 named hybrids, which we had not yet tested, 

 and aware of the confusion existing as to their 

 numbers, we obtained a few of each number 

 from different sources at the same time. Of 

 those which we planted as No. 39 three sur- 

 vived, but not two of them were alike. One 

 of them proved especially valuable. To ascer- 

 tain whether this was the true No. 39 we ad- 

 dressed Mr. Rogers, to let us have a plant or 

 a graft of the original No. 39, but were in- 

 formed that the original stock was lost ! 



One of our vines No. 39 proved so valuable, 

 that we determined to propagate it, and 

 planted fifty vines thereof, while we destroyed 

 the other two. From the commendation given 

 to No. 39 at the quarter-centennial session of 

 the Am. Pomol. Society, by its president, the- 

 Hon. M. P. Wilder, we have the more reason 

 to suppose that ours is the true No. 39 ; but to 

 avoid confusion with others which may be sent 

 out by other propagators, under this number r 

 and which may or may not be the same, we 

 gave ours the name Aminia ; Mr. Rogers as- 



