Rulander. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Salem. 135 



of the lower Mississippi (Ste. Genevieve). 

 Others consider it as a native belonging to the 

 southern division of the yEstivalis class ; and, 

 while we ourselves incline to this view, we 

 must admit that its short-jointed growth, ten- 

 derness, and liability to suffer from diseases 

 and Phylloxera, support the claim of its hav- 

 ing originated from foreign ( Vinifera) seed. 



Bunch rather small, very compact, shoulder- 

 ed ; berry small, dark purplish-black, without 

 pulp, juicy, sweet and delicious. Vine a strong, 

 vigorous, short -jointed grower, with heart- 

 shaped, light green, smooth leaves, hanging 



THE SECRETARY GRAPE. 



on till late in November ; very healthy, but re- 

 quires covering in winter. It has very tough, 

 strong roots, with a firm, smooth liber, but 

 seems nevertheless subject to injury by Phyl- 

 loxera ; wood hard, with a small pith and firm 

 outer bark ; and although it will not bear big 

 crops, it makes up in quality as a wine grape 

 what it may lack in quantity. It makes an 

 excellent pale red or rather brownish wine 

 closely resembling sherry, which was repeat- 

 edly awarded a first premium as "the best light 

 colored wine. Must 100-110. 

 (See also LOUISIANA, page 118.) 



St. Catherine. (Labr.) Raised by Jas. 

 W. Clark, Framingham, Mass. Bunch large, 

 rather compact ; berries large, chocolate col- 

 or, rather sweet, toygh, foxy. Not of much 

 value . Downing. 



Secretary. Obtained by J. H. Ricketts, 

 Newburgh, N. Y., by crossing the Clinton 

 with Muscat-Hamburg. It was considered 

 the finest new grape at the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Exhibition of 1872, and pro- 

 nounced by Downing to be one of Ricketts' 

 best in quality : but, being very much in- 

 clined to mildew, it will remain a superb 

 amateur variety only. 



Vine vigorous, hardy ; bunch large, mod- 

 erately compact, shouldered, with a large, 

 roundish-oval berry, black with handsome 

 bloom ; its peduncle red at the base when 

 drawn from the berry ; flesh juicy, sweet, 

 meaty, slightly vinous. Must 93 sacchar- 

 ometer ; 7}^ per mille acid. Foliage like 

 Clinton but thicker, and of about the same 

 size. 



Salem. (Rogers' No. 53.) Like 

 Agawam (No. 15) and Wilder (No. 4), 

 this is a hybrid between a native 

 (Wild Mammoth), the female, and 

 the Black Hamburg, the male pa- 

 rent. This is the most extensively 

 planted and probably one of the 

 finest among the Rogers hybrids; it 

 has proven satisfactory where the 

 hybrid grapes succeed, and, under 

 favorable circumstances, produces a 

 fine grape of excellent quality. 

 * Bunch full medium to large, compact, 

 and shouldered ; berry large as Ham- 

 burg, f inch in diameter, of a dark 

 chestnut or catawba color ; flesh toler- 

 ably tender, sweet, with rich aroma- 

 tic flavor ; a little foxiness to the smell, 

 which is not perceptible to the. 

 taste ; considered in quality one of the 

 best ; skin rather thick ; seeds large ; 

 ripens nearly as early as Concord ; 



