90 Creveling. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Diana Hamburg. 



rot, productive, and as sure here in its crops of 

 well ripened fruit as any variety we know, but 

 very difficult to propagate, as its wood is very 

 hard, with a small pith and closely adhering 

 outer bark. The fruit ripens some few days 

 earlier than Norton's. Specific gravity of must 

 from 98 to 112, according to the season. We 

 can confidently recommend the true Cynthiana 

 as the best grape for red wine which we have 

 tried. 



Our Cynthiana wine was awarded the First 

 Medal of Merit at the World-Exposition, Vi- 

 enna, 1873, and is gaining the "blue ribbon" 

 at every test. The commission at the Con- 

 gres de Montpellier, France, 1874, reported : 

 " Cynthiana of Mr. Bush, a red wine of fine 

 color, rich in body and alcohol, reminding us of 

 old Roussillon wine." It says the same of 

 Cynthiana exhibited by Poschel & Sherer. 

 Nuesch, formerly of Dr. Lawrence's Ouachita 

 vineyard, near Hot Spring, Ark., who got his 

 plants from us, says : "We find the Cynthiana 

 hardier than the Norton, and a few days ear- 

 lier in ripening." Muench wrote us: "Too 

 much cannot he said in praise of the Cynthi- 

 ana ; its wine, two or three years old, cannot 

 be excelled by the best red wines of the old 

 world." We look upon it as our BEST AND 

 MOST VALUABLE grape for red wine, and have 

 bestowed special attention on its propagation. 



Creveling. Syn., CATAWISSA, BLOOM. (La- 

 brusca, X) Columbia County, Pennsylvania. 

 Bunches long, loose on young vines, but on 

 old ones sometimes as compact as Concords ; at 

 other times very loose, by imperfectly setting 

 its fruit. Berries medium to large, slightly 

 oval, black with blue bloom ; flesh tender, 

 juicy, and sweet; quality best. Ripens early, a 

 few days later than Hartford, and before Con- 

 cord. Vine a fair grower, healthy, and hardy, 

 but not free from rot and mildew; may be 

 planted 6 by 6 feet apart, on northern and 

 northeastern hillsides. Roots thick and warty, 

 and comparatively few; texture soft, with a 

 thick liber, forming young fibers rather slow- 

 ly ; canes long and rambling, slender, long- 

 jointed, and with few laterals; wood soft, of a 

 reddish color, with a large pith. 



In all these characteristics there is scarce a 

 trace of the .ZEstivalis, for which class some 

 would claim the Creveling. 



This grape for a time was rapidly growing in 

 favor ; this it has not deserved, as it is often 

 very unproductive, setting its fruit imper- 

 fectly. 



Mr. Knight, proprietor of a vineyard of fifty 

 acres near Philadelphia, is reported to have 

 lately dug up five acres of the Creveling, be- 



cause he has found it unsatisfactory as a mar- 

 ket grape; it would be still more unprofitable 

 as a wine grape, and can only maintain its 

 place as a fine family grape for garden culture. 

 Rev. Burnet, of Ontario, who has planted and 

 cultivated the Creveling intermingled with 

 Concord, says that he found it "everything 

 that could be desired, both in regard to the 

 bunch and the berry" ascribing it to impreg- 

 nation by the Concord. 



Cuyahogra. Syn., WEMPLE. (Labr.) A chance 



seedling found and grown by Wemple, of Collamer, 



CuyahogaCo., Ohio. Vine a strong grower ; requires a 

 warm, sandy soil, and exposure, to make it desirable at 

 the north; but when well grown it is of fine quality. 

 South it casts its foliage and is not valuable. Bunch 

 medium, compact; berry medium, dull greenish-amber 

 when fully ripe; flesh tender, juicy, rich,- vinous, sweet, 

 liipens with the Catawba or a little later. 



Dana.. A seedling grown by the late Francis Dana, 

 of Roxbury, Mass., and described in the " Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Transactions." Bunch medium, 

 shouldered, compact, with a peculiar red stem ; berries 

 rather large, round, red with a rich, heavy bloom, so 

 that when fully ripe they appear almost black ; flesh 

 as free from pulp as Delaware ; not so sweet, but more 

 spirited and vinous, yet not an acid grape. 



John B. Moore & Son, Concord, Mass., who own the 

 parent vine, say further of this grape, that the 

 vine is a strong grower and perfectly hardy, the foliage 

 clean(?) and healthy. Bunch as large as the Concord at 

 its best ; similar to the Red Chasselas in quality and 

 color, and supposed to be a pure native seedling. Ri- 

 pens with Concord. 



Dempsey' s Seedlings, see BUKNET (p. 79.) There 

 are others designated by numbers only, and very little 

 known outside of Ontario. 



Detroit. (Labr) This variety is supposed to be 

 a seedling of Catawba. It was found in a garden in 

 Detroit, Mich. Not having seen the fruit, we copy from 

 description in the Horticulturist: "Vine very vigorous 

 and hardy. Foliage resembling Catawba ; wood short- 

 jointed ; bunches large, compact ; berries very dark 

 rich brown claret with a light bloom, round and regu- 

 lar ; flesh with very little pulp, rich and sugary. Ri- 

 pens earlier than the Catawba." 



Diana Hamburg, (Hybr.) Said to be a cross 

 between the Diana and Black Hamburg, originated 

 by Jacob Moore, of Rochester, N. Y. ; bunches gener- 

 ally large, sufficiently compact, well shouldered ; ber- 

 ries above medium, slightly oval, of a rich fiery-red 

 color when fully ripe ; flesh tender, of very sweet fla- 

 vor, equal to some of the finer foreign sorts. Vine a 

 weak grower, with short-jointed, firm wood, very ten- 

 der ; leaves of medium size, crimped, and sometimes 

 rolled in ; subject to mildew. Its fruit ripens after the 

 Concord, but before its parent the Diana. We may as 

 well state that at least three independent parties are' 

 reputed to have made this hybrid, and several crosses 

 of the foreign Black Hamburg on the Diana may 

 exist. Ours is from J. Charlton, Rochester, N. Y., 

 but it proved worthless. We might as well attempt to 

 grow the Black Hamburg hi open air. Its propagation 

 should be given up at least we have done so. 



