43 o The Newer Native Grapes. 



Centennial. Bunch and berry medium ; light red, tender, rich, 

 vinous. Watertovvn, N. Y. 



Champion. (Talman.) Bunch medium, compact ; berries medium, 

 round, black, of poor quality. A strong grower, productive, and 

 showy, and profitable lor market in some places. 



Duchess. Bunch medium, sometimes large, shouldered ; berries 

 moderate in size, light green, tinged with pale yellow and amber; 

 tender, free from pulp, sweet, rich, and excellent in quality. 

 One-fourth exotic. Season medium. Ulster Co. , N. Y. 



Early Dawn. Bunch medium, long, shouldered ; berry round, 

 black, with a thick bloom ; rich and of good quality. Quite 

 early. A cross of Israella and Muscat Hamburgh. Origin, New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



Early Victor. Bunch medium, rather compact, often shouldered ; 

 berry medium in size, round, black, with a blue bloom ; quality 

 very good. Quite early. Vine hardy, vigorous, and produc- 

 tive ; promises to be a valuable early sort. Origin, Kansas. 



Elvira. Bunch medium ; berry medium, round, pale green, ten- 

 der, sweet. Missouri. Valuable only at the West. 



Empire State. Bunch rather large, shouldered ; berry medium, 

 yellowish white, rich, sweet, sprightly, very good. Early. A cross 

 of Hartford and Clinton. Newburgh, N. Y. A promising new 

 sort. 



Janesville. An early black grape, of moderate size, ripening with 

 Hartford, of rather poor quality. Western. Valuable only in 

 cold regions. 



Jefferson. Bunch rather large, shouldered, compact ; berry full 

 medium in size, roundish oval, light red, quality excellent. Vine 

 healthy and vigorous, and very productive. Season medium. 

 Raised by J. H. Ricketts, Newburgh, N. Y. 



Lady. Berry and bunch medium, light greenish yellow, tender, 

 sweet. Early ; hardy. Ohio. 



Lady Washington. Bunch quite large, shouldered ; berry medium, 

 round, pale' greenish yellow, often tinged with pink, quality me- 

 dium. Season rather late. A cross of Concord and Allen's 

 Hybrid, and one-fourth exotic. Variable. Newburgh, N. Y. 



Monroe. Bunch medium, shouldered ; berries medium, round, 

 black ; vinous and sprightly ; early. Rochester, N. Y. 



Moore's Early. Bunch medium ; berry large, black, good. Val- 

 uable for its earliness. Massachusetts. 



