Lists of Native Grapes and Strawberries. 493 



SELECT LIST OF NATIVE GRAPES, 

 In the order of ripening. 



Hartford. Diana. 



Worden. Rebecca. 



Delaware. Isabella. 



Brighton. Catawba. 

 Concord. 



The general approval of several of the most popular and older 

 American grapes, is shown by the following numbers taken from 

 the Catalogue of Fruits of the American Pomological Society, the 

 numbers given indicating the number of States in which they have 

 been highly recommended : 



Concord 35 



Delaware 35 



Hartford 27 



Ives 27 



Clinton 23 



Norton's Virginia 20 



Diana 19 



Telegraph 18 



Wilder, Walter ' 17 



Martha, Maxatawney 17 



Cre veling 17 



Isabella, Agawam 15 



Catawba 14 



Lindley 14 



lona 14 



Merrimac 13 



Salem 13 



Herbemont 1 1 



Brighton 1 1 



Goethe . . . ." 1 1 



Massasoit 1 1 



Rebecca 9 



Adirondac , 8 



Moore's Early 6 



Among the newly introduced native grapes are Moore's Early, 

 a large and quite early sort ; Brighton, for its excellent quality ; 

 Pocklington and Niagara, large and handsome light-colored grapes ; 

 Prentiss, for its several good qualities ; Jefferson, for good quality 

 and hardiness combined ; and of older date, Wilder, Lindley, Ag- 

 awam, and Salem, among the best of Rogers' hybrids. 



