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BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Golden Drop. 







iramingliam. Perhaps not identical with, but 

 only a reproduction of, the Hartford Prolific at least 

 so closely resembling it that it should not have been 

 introduced as a new variety. 



Franklin. (Rip.) ' Vine has much the habit and 

 growth of Clinton ; not as good a bearer. Bunch small, 

 not very compact ; berry small, black, juicy, quite acid, 

 austere ; unworthy. Downing. 



Gaertner. (Rogers' Hybrid No. 14.) Hybrid 

 between White Chasselas and a wild Labrus- 

 ca. The Hon. Marssall P. Wilder described it 

 as follows: bunch good size; b"rry medium to 

 large; color light brown or red; skin thin; 

 flavor pleasant and aromatic; season rather 

 early ; vine healthy and productive. ' 



Gazelle. One of Rickett's hybrids, produced 

 many years ago but neglected, and remaining 

 unknown until about a year since. Sam. Miller, 

 to whom he gave a plant or graft of this his 

 almost forgotten child, says it is SPLENDID. 

 Bunch large ; berry about the size of Herbemont ; 

 color white or as nearly white as any grape 

 could be, almost translucent ; sweet and deli- 

 cious. Its growth last summer pleased us 

 very much. 



Goethe. (Rogers' Hybrid No. 1.) This very 

 valuable variety is, perhaps, more unique and 

 shows in its fruit more of the character of the 

 European species than any of Rogers' other 

 sorts, and yet its vine is one of the hardiest, 

 healthiest, and most productive we have. 

 Late in ripening for northern localities, it does 

 not always mature there; but here with us it 

 produces and perfectly ripens a large crop of 

 beautiful clusters and berries, free from imper- 

 fections of any kind, provided it has a good rich 

 soil, and has not been permitted to overbear, 

 which would ruin its health and productive- 

 ness for years to come, if not forever. A sandy 

 soil seems also favorable for its continued 

 health, as the roots of the Goethe, though thick 

 generally of a scraggy and warty exterior 

 are feeble, and in clayey soil may. perhaps, be- 

 come a prey to the Phylloxera. The vine is a 

 most vigorous grower, making stout and long 

 canes, with well-developed laterals. Wood 

 rather soft, with a moderate pith. 



At the Fall meeting of the Mississippi Val- 

 ley Grape-growers' Association, Sept. 9, 1868, 

 we exhibited for the first time a few branches 

 of the vine, each with several perfect clusters, 

 which were much admired, and would proba- 

 bly have astonished the originator, could he 

 have seen them." The smallest of them, being 

 of a good average size, we had photographed, 

 and an exact copy of it expressly engraved for 

 this Catalogue. The bunches are medium to 

 large, not quite compact, occasionally shoul- 



dered ; b- tries very large, oblong, of a yellowish- 

 green, sometimes blotched, with a pale red to- 

 ward the sun and entirely red when fully ripe ; 

 skin thin, translucent ; flesh tender and melt- 

 ing throughout ; few seeds ; sweet, vinous, and 

 juicy, with a peculiar, delicious aroma. Spe- 

 cific gravity of must 78 ; altogether a MOST 

 DESIRABLE grape for the Middle Atlantic States, 

 the Ohio and lower Missouri valleys, both 

 for the table and for wine. 



Golden Clinton. Syn.,KiNG. (Rip.) A. seedling 

 from the Clinton closely resembling it, but with this 

 difference, that its berries are greenish-w/t/te, and that 

 it is far less productive. Campbell is perfectly correct 

 in saying: "It does not sustain the character given by 

 those who first introduced it. Bunches small, scanty, 

 and irregular ; berries small and of inferior quality. 

 Not desirable." 



GolAen Drop. (Hybr.) A grape of recent intro- 

 duction, described as an early white grape, raised by 

 Pringle in 1869, from the Adirondac, fertilized by the 



Delaware. In 

 size of bunch 

 and berry it re- 

 sembles Dela- 

 ware. Col. yel- 

 lowish-white, 

 with a tinge of 

 red when in 

 the sun ; bunch 

 cylindrical, 

 seldom shoul- 

 dered, small, 

 close ; berry 

 smallish, 

 round ; flesh 

 tender, though 

 slightly p u 1- 

 py, juicy, very 

 sweet and pure 

 flavored, with- 

 out the slight- 

 est foxiness. 

 The vine is a 

 good grower, 

 yearly loaded 

 with fruit; 

 leaves small, 

 obscurely lob- 

 ed, tomentose 

 beneath, show- 

 in g superior 

 -* v capacity to 



resist mildew 

 and thrips. 



This purely 

 native and 

 hardy variety 

 is admired by such as a r e fond of the sweet andj deli- 

 cate flavor of some of the foreign sorts. Its surpassing 

 earliness makes it valuable for planting in our north- 

 ern districts where none of the varieties in cultivation 

 are sure to ripen thoroughly every year. Bliss & Son. 



GOLDEN DROP. (Actual size.) 



