DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 235 



HYDE'S ELIZA. 



Raised by Mr. Wilkes Hyde, near Catskill, New York. 

 It has been in cultivation some forty years, but has not 

 been considered of any great value. Vine hardy and pro- 

 ductive. Berries medium, black, covered with a blue 

 bloom. Sweet, with little pulp, but of fair quality. Ripens 

 the last of August to 10th of September. Vine hardy and 



productive. 



LOUISA. 



Raised by Samuel Miller, Calmdale, Pennsylvania. It is 

 very similar to Isabella, but appears to be earlier, and the 

 vine not so subject to disease. 



MANHATTAN. 



Originated on Long Island. Bunches small. Berries 

 medium, round, greenish white, covered with bloom. 

 Sweet, with tough pulp. Strong foxy flavor. Berries fall 

 from the bunch with very little handling. Scarcely worth 

 cultivating. Vine and leaves covered with a whitish waxy 

 bloom. 



MAXATAWNEY. 



Originated at Eagleville, Berks County, Pennsylvania. 

 Bunches medium to large, moderately compact. Berries 

 medium, greenish white, oval. Flesh quite tender, with- 

 out pulp when fully ripe. Quality good. It is rather too 

 late in this locality to be reliable. 



MARION. 



Some half dozen varieties in cultivation under this name. 

 The large black Marion is the Isabella. Another is a red 

 fox grape. The Marion Port is one of the varieties of 

 the frost grape small, black, sour, and worthless. 



MARY ANN. 



An early black grape, with large bunches. Berries 

 oblong oval, quite sweet, but very foxy. 



