338 THE GRAPE. 



three weeks before the Isabella. Its bunches and berries are 

 very greatly increased in size by high culture. 



DIANA. 



A seedling of the Catawba raised by Mrs. Diana Crehore of 

 Boston, and named by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Its promise of excellence was first made known to the public by 

 Mr. Hovey through his Magazine in 1844, and in 1849 the 

 Horticulturist announced it the best and most beautiful of Ame- 

 rican grapes, particularly valuable for its earliness. For the South 

 it has proved even better than at the North. 



In its general appearance it bears a strong resemblance to its 

 parent, but in its earliness of ripening and in the quality of its 

 fruit, as well as in general hardiness and certainty of maturing its 

 crops, it is greatly superiour to that fine variety. The berries 

 are of the same globular shape, but not quite so large. The 

 bunches regularly conic in form, large, very compact, and heavy, 

 not properly shouldered, but often having a small bunch ap- 

 pended by a long branch of the peduncle. 



The colour is a fine reddish lilac, thickly covered with bloom, 

 and the berries generally marked with three or four indistinct 

 star-like specks. The fruit when fully ripe abounds in fine rich 

 juice, vinous, and aromatic, from which all the offensive native 

 odor has disappeared. It hangs long on the vines, is not injured 

 by severe frosts, and keeps admirably for winter use. It is ex- 

 ceedingly productive and very vigorous. 



ELSINGBURGH. Ken. Prin. Adlum. 



Smart's Elsingburg. Elsenborough. 



A very nice little grape for the dessert, perfectly sweet and 

 melting, without pulp, originally brought from a village of this 

 name in Salem Co., New Jersey. It is not a great deal larger 

 ss than the common Frost grape, in the size of the 



berry. A moderate, but regular bearer, ripens 

 well, and much esteemed by many for the table. 



Bunches pretty large, loose, and shouldered. 

 I \ Berries, small, round. Skin thin, black, covered 



V J with a blue bloom. Flesh entirely without pulp, 



melting, sweet, and excellent. The leaves are 



^k^&wr^. d ee piy 5_l o bed, pretty dark green, and the wood 

 lather slender, with long joints. 



EMILY. 



Raised by Peter Raabe near Philadelphia, not proved as to 

 hardiness. Bunch large, not very compact, occasionally shoul- 



