Dark Red, Purple, or Black. 421 



Missouri. Bunches loose ; berries small, round ; skin thin, nearly 

 black ; tender, sweet, pleasant, with little pulp ; moderately pro- 

 ductive, growth slow, wood short-jointed ; leaves deeply three- 

 lobed. 



Mottled. Bunches medium, compact ; berries medium, round, 

 mottled, changing to purple ; sweet and sprightly, very good. 

 Ripens soon after Delaware, hangs long. Kelly's Island, Lake 

 Erie. 



NORTON'S VIRGINIA. Bunches long, moderately compact ; ber- 

 ries small, round ; skin thin, dark purple ; pulpy, vinous, some- 

 what harsh, rather pleasant and rich. Shoots strong, hardy. 

 Mostly grown at the South and West. 



Ohio. (Longworth's Ohio, Segar-Box.) Bunches large, long, loose, 

 tapering, shouldered ; berries small, round ; skin thin, purple, 

 bloom blue ; tender, melting, sweet, excellent, with no pulp ; a 

 good bearer. Shoots long-jointed, strong ; leaves large, three- 

 lobed ; origin unknown. As far south as Cincinnati it succeeds 

 well, but tender further north. 



Raabe. Bunches small, compact, rarely shouldered ; berries small, 

 round, dark red, thick bloom ; flesh very juicy, scarcely any 

 pulp, good. Phila. 



Senasqua. Bunch medium, sometimes large, compact ; berry 

 medium, purplish black, tender, juicy, free from pulp, becoming 

 sweet when fully ripe ; very good. Origin, Croton Point, N. \ 

 A cross of Concord and Black Prince. 



Telegraph. Bunch above medium, compact ; berry rather large, 

 round, black, juicy, with some pulp, of moderate quality, valu- 

 able for its earliness (ripening about the same time as Hartford); 

 vine hardy, vigorous. Origin, near Philadelphia. 



To-Kalon. Bunches large, shouldered ; berries varying from oval 

 to oblate, dark, with a bloom ; sweet, excellent, without foxi- 

 ness, toughness, or acidity. Perfectly hardy, and with good 

 treatment an early and abundant bearer. A little earlier than 

 the Isabella. Lansingburgh, N. Y. Liable to rot, and variable 

 in ripening and quality. 



Union Village. (Ontario.) Bunches very large, compact, shoul- 

 dered ; berries very large, round ; skin thin, black, with a bloom; 

 sweet, with a pleasant, moderate flavor. A good and very showy 

 sort, rather tender at the North. 



WILDER. (Rogers' No. 4.) Bunch large, compact, shouldered ; 

 berry large, round, black, with a thin bloom ; flesh tender, with 

 a little pulp, sweet, slightly aromatic, of good quality. Ripens 

 with Concord ; succeeds in many localities. 



