348 SELECT VARIETIES OF FKUITS. 



blossoms white, ripens at a most timely season, after the 

 Raspberry. 



SECTION 14. MULBEKEIES. 



Slack. This is a native of Persia, and is really the 

 only one valuable for its fruit. The berry is an inch and 

 a half long, and nearly an inch in diameter, black, suc- 

 culent, sugary and rich. The tree is highly ornamental, 

 very erect, with a large spreading head. The leaves 

 appear late in spring, are large, heart-shaped, sometimes 

 lobed, deep green, and form a dense shade. 



SECTION 15. GRAPES. 

 SELECT HAKL>Y GEAPES. 



1. Catawba. This is the best flavored of all native 

 grapes that ripen as far north as lat. 43 deg., and is con- 

 sidered the best yet discovered for making wine. Bunches 

 large ; berries large, red, becoming a coppery color when 

 ripe; juicy, sweet, and musky; hardy, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



2. Clinton. A very hardy, native variety, resembling 

 in foliage the common Fox Grape. Bunches small and 

 very compact ; berries rather small, black, juicy, inferior 

 in flavor to the preceding. It ripens here two or three 

 weeks before the Isabella or Catawba, and this is its chief 

 value ; very productive. 



3. Diana. This is a variety that originated near Boston, 

 similar to the Catawba ; not quite so large, but earlier and 

 better adapted to the north. 



4. Isabella. This is the most popular variety. It ripens 

 well in almost every part of the country, and bears 

 immense crops under the mogt ordinary management. 



