1914 



FEU1TS OF ONTABIO. 



235 



DELAWARE. 



Universally acknowledged to stand at the head of all American grapes in point of 

 quality. For the home garden, a few vines of this variety are indispensable, for it is 

 the most excellent of dessert varieties. It is also one of the highest priced grapes in 

 our markets, often bringing more than double the price of the Concord. It is, however, 

 not very much grown in our commercial vineyards, because the foliage is badly subject 

 to thrip, and the yield is only moderate. On rich, deep soils, well drained, however, 

 with high cultivation, thinning and close pruning, it is productive and profitable. It 

 should be planted much closer than the Concord. Vines of the latter variety are usually 

 planted ten feet apart, while the Delaware may be set five or six feet apart. 



OBIGIN: unknown. Name from 

 Delaware, Ohio, where in 1855 it 

 was first brought into notice, 

 though not disseminated until ten 

 years later. It was first found in 

 a garden in Frenchtown, N.J. 

 The Bushberg Catalogue thinks it 

 a natural cross between Labrusca 

 and Vinifera, a native American 

 and a European variety. 



VINE: moderate grower; foli- 

 age, delicate, subject to thrip; 

 wood, slender, hardy; a regular, 

 sometimes an abundant, bearer. 



BUNCH : small, compact, usually 

 shouldered. 



BERRY: small; round; skin, 

 thin; color, a beautiful light red, 

 with whitish bloom, translucent; 

 pulp, sweet, sprightly, aromatic; 

 juice, abundant, sweet, vinous. 



DELAWARE. 



QUALITY: dessert, good. 



VALUE: market, first class. 



SEASON: September. 



ADAPTATION: general throughout the grape sections. 



