Martha. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Martha. 119 



THE MARTHA GRAPE. 



berries even larger. 3. Luna white, in appearance al- 

 most like Martha, but the gain in size seems to be cou- 

 pled with a loss in quality, compared to our delicious, 

 juicy, small ^Estivalis grapes. A larger number of his 

 seedlings are of the Labrusca type, and among these 

 his " U.S.," black ; Mianna and King William, white, 

 seemed to us well worthy of trial. 



In fall of 1874, a year or two before his death, Marine 

 wrote : "Now that I have reached my three score years 

 a nd ten, I am admonished to yield the further prosecu- 

 tion of this branch of progress to others, more skilled, 

 and to those coming after our time, believing as I do 

 that much greater results are looked for in the future." 

 His seedlings were not disseminated. 



Martha. (Labr.} A white seedling of the 

 oncord, raised by our friend Samuel Miller, 

 formerly of Lebanon, Pa., now of Blufffcon, Mo. 

 One of the most popular among the WHITE varieties. 



Bunch medium, smaller than the Concord, 

 moderately compact, shouldered ; berry medi- 

 um, round, greenish- white when fully ripe 

 pale yellow covered with white bloom ; skin 

 thin ; flesh very tender, and of a remarkable 

 sweetness unmixed with acidity and without 

 vinous flavor ; somewhat pulpy, often contain- 

 ing but a single seed. Odor decidedly foxy, 

 but this character is much more apparent in 

 the fruit than in its wine. 



The vine is very healthy and hardy, resem- 

 bling the Concord, but not quite as vigorous a 

 grower, and the leaf is of a somewhat lighter 

 green, yet quite as healthy and the fruit less 

 liable to rot than the Concord. Roots of aver- 

 age texture and liber, throwing out young 

 spongioles readily. Canes generally more up- 



