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of the fruit. Unless it be very ripe, it is, perhaps, a little more 

 musky in flavour, than the Isabella. 



Bunches of medium size, somewhat V 



loose, shouldered. Berries, round, (or 

 sometimes slightly oval,) pretty large. 

 Skin rather thick, pale red in the 

 shade, but pretty deep red in the sun, I 

 covered with a lilac bloom. Flesh 

 slightly pulpy, juicy, very sweet, 

 with an aromatic, rich, musky flavour. 

 Ripe from the 1st to the middle of Catawba. 



October, and should be allowed to hang till fully ripe. 



CHILDS' SUPERB. 

 Childs' Seedling. 



A very large fine grape grown in Utica, N. Y., by Mr. Childs. 

 It is doubtless of foreign origin, but has succeeded with him 

 without glass, although latterly grown under it. We presume 

 its foreign characteristics will not fit it for open culture. 



CLARA. 



Raised by Peter Raabe. Bunch medium, not compact. Ber- 

 ry medium, round, green, faintly tinged with salmon when ex- 

 posed to the sun. Flesh tender, juicy, flavour rich, sweet and 

 delicious, quality " best." (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



CLINTON. 



Origin uncertain said to have originated in Western New 

 York, growth vigorous, hardy, and productive. Bunch medium, 

 shouldered, long and narrow, somewhat irregular but compact. 

 Berries round, rather below medium size, black, covered with a 

 thick bloom, juicy, with some acidity and toughness in its pulp, 

 but with a brisk vinous flavour ; eatable eight or ten days before 

 Isabella, but continues austere till after cold weather, when it 

 becomes very good. 



COLUMBIA. Prince. 



This grape is said to have been found by Mr. Adlum on 

 his farm at Georgetown, D. C., a vigorous grower, produc- 

 tive. 



Bunch small, compact. Berry small, black, with a thin bloom, 

 with very little hardness or acidity in its pulp, not high flavour- 

 ed, but pleasant and vinous, scarcely if at all foxy ripe last of 

 September. 



