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THE GRAPE. 



Brinckle. 



Raised by Peter Raabe near Philadelphia, but not yet tested 

 as to hardiness. Bunch large, rather compact, sometimes 

 shouldered. Berries five-eighths of an inch in diameter; round, 

 black. Flesh solid, not pulpy. Flavour rich, vinous, and saccha- 

 rine ; quality " best." (Ad. Int. Rep.) 



Canadian Chief. 



From Canada, and claimed to be a native, but so strongly 

 marked with foreign characteristics that we think it will not 

 prove to be an acquisition for general cultivation. 



Bunches very large and shouldered, and the vine very pro- 

 ductive, and will probably do better in Canada than in a warmer 

 latitude. 



Canby's August. 



Origin uncertain ; introduced by Charles Canby, Wilmington, 

 Del. Bunch medium size, compact. Berry round, black, thickly 

 covered with a light bloom, juice slightly reddened, sweet, vinous, 

 not very rich. Skin somewhat pungent, and not much tough- 

 ness in its pulp when fully ripe, which is a few days before Isa- 

 bella. York Madeira and Hyde's Eliza resemble this, and may 

 prove the same. 



Cassady. 



An accidental seedling that sprung up in P. H. Cassady's 

 yard, in Philadelphia. 



Bunches medium size, tolerably compact, and sometimes 

 shouldered. Berry below medium, round, greenish white, with 

 occasionally a faint salmon tint, and thickly covered with white 

 bloom. Flesh juicy, with but little pulp, flavour pleasant. 

 Quality " very good." (iVd. Int. Rep.) 



Catawba. Adlum. Ken. 



Red Muncy. Catawba Toka3^ 



This excellent native grape was first introduced to notice by 

 Major Adlum, of Georgetown, D. C, and was found by him in 

 Maryland. It probably has its name from tlie Catawba river, 

 but it has been found growing at various points from that river 

 to Pennsylvania. It is one of the hardiest, most productive, 

 and excellent of our native sorts, either for wine or table use, 

 and succeeds well in all situations not too cold for grape culture. 

 In habit of growth, it so closely resembles the Isabella that it is 

 difficult to distinguish the two, except in the colour and shape 



