122 Monroe. 



BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



Mottled. 



Monroe. A cross between 

 the Delaware and the Concord; 

 raised by Elwanger and Barry 

 and described by them as fol- 

 lows: 



" Bunch medium to large, 

 shouldered, something like 

 Concord : berries large, round ; 

 skin rather thick ; black cover- 

 ed with a white bloom ; very 

 handsome. Flesh juicy, sweet 

 (sub-acid), vinous, sprightly ; 

 a pleasant, refreshing table 

 grape. The vine is vigorous, 

 with firm, short-jointed, hardy 

 wood, which always ripens 

 well; fine, healthy foliage, 

 which has never shown a trace 

 of mildew. Ripens with Hart- 

 fordProlific." "TheMoNKOEis 

 likely to prove one of 'our best 

 table sorts, prolific and excel- 

 lent." P. J. Berckmans. 



Moore's Early. (Labr.} Ori- 

 ginated at Concord, Mass., by 

 John B. Moore, from Concord 

 seed. The illustration is an 

 exact copy from a' photograph 

 of the bunch, and it could not 

 be better described than by 

 calling it an Early Concord. 

 (See "Concord," page 68.) 



Bunch smaller and rarely 

 shouldered, but berries some- 

 what larger. It is, in similar 

 soils and localities, as healthy 

 and hardy as its parent ; it is 

 equal to the Concord in qual- 

 ity, but ripens about two 

 weeks earlier. Being better 

 than "Hartford," "Champi- 

 on," or " Talmau," and quite 

 as early, it is recommended to 

 supersede these undesirable 

 varieties. It has been awarded k 

 first premiums at many horti- 

 cultural exhibitions. 



~MI 1 1 <><i . Originated with Chas. 

 Carpenter, Kelly's Island. A seed- 

 ling of the Catawba. Earlier in 

 ripening and less disposed to mil- 

 dew and rot than its parent. Charles Downing says : 



"A profuse bearer, ripening with Delaware. It will 

 hang a long time after ripe, and keeps unusually well." 



Bunch medium size, very compact, slightly shoul- 

 dered ; berries medium to large, round, distinctly mot- 

 tled when held to the light, with diiferent shades of red 

 or maroon while ripening, but nearly a uniform dark 

 Catawba color when fully ripe. Flesh sweet, juicy, 

 vinous; of brisk, sprightly flavor, always rather pulpy 

 and acid at the centre. Skin thick. Season late, ripen- 



MOORE'S EARLY. 



ing with Norton's Virginia. Hangs well to the bunch, 

 and improves by being left long on the vine ; more 

 desirable as a wine than as a table grape. Vines 

 healthy, hardy, moderately vigorous, and productive ; 

 foliage abundant ; wood short-jointed. 



It is recorded by three competent judges, George 

 Leick being one, that its must weighed 94, with acid 

 4 per mille. 



We, in Missouri, as well as Dr. E. Van Kewren, at 

 Hammondport, found it a poor grower and bearer. 



