552 THE GRAPE. 



amber color when ripe. Flesh delicate, sweet, rich, without any of the 

 native aroma. Ripens with Delaware. (W. Brown Smith, MSS.) 



OPORTO. 



A strong, vigorous growing vine, should be long pruned to produce 

 well. 



Bunch small, slightly shouldered. Berries medium, round, black. 

 Flesh purple, pulpy, austere. 



OSMOND. 



A seedling from the Franklin, by O. T. Hobbs, Randolph, Pa. 

 Bunch and berry small, round, black, blue bloom. Flesh vinous, 

 harsh. 



OTHELLO. 

 Canadian Hamburgh. Arnold's No. 1. Canadian Hybrid. 



Raised in 1859, by Charles Arnold, Canada West. A good, strong 

 grower and very productive. Leaves deeply lobed, smooth. 



Bunches large, shouldered, compact. Berries large, round. Flesh 

 solid, crisp, free from pulp, juicy, sprightly. Ripens with Delaware. 



PAULINE. 

 Burgundy of Georgia. Eed Lenoir. 



A Southern Grape, of little value at the North, where it does not 

 ripen or grow well. 



Bunch large, long, tapering, shouldered. Berries small, very com- 

 pact, copper color or violet, with a lilac bloom. Flesh brisk vinous, 

 sweet, aromatic at the South. 



PERKINS. 



Yine vigorous, productive. 



Bunch medium, compact, shouldered. Berry full medium, roundish 

 oval, light red at first, becoming quite copper color at* maturity, 

 covered with a light bloom. Flesh rather pulpy, foxy, showy. Ripens 

 before Isabella. 



POLLOCK. 



Raised by Mr. Pollock, Tremont, N. Y. 



Bunches large as Concord, compact. Berries large, dark purple or 

 black. Flesh free of pulp, vinous, not too sweet. (Strong.) 



RAABE. 



Raised by Peter Raabe. Yine moderately vigorous, not profitable. 



Bunches small, compact, rarely shouldered. Berry below medium 

 size, round, dark red, thickly covered with bloom. Flesh very juicy, 

 with scarcely any pulp. Ripens about with Concord. 



