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bugs and other insects, which quickly make the beautiful, berries unsightly and 

 unmarketable. [Self -fertile.] (Bulletin No. 92, Kentucky Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station.) 



Columbian* Fruit very large, dark red, bordering on purple ; plant a very 

 strong, robust grower, hardy and wonderfully productive. (Hart Pioneer 

 Nursery.) 



Columbian Imperial. Originated with J. S. McKinley, Morgan, Ohio, 

 1885. Recommended by the horticultural department of the Ohio Experiment 

 Station. It is supposed to be a labrusca-riparia hybrid. Vine a vigorous 

 grower, with numerous canes; ten to twenty berries in a cluster; very large, one 

 inch in diameter; color brownish black; thin bloom; skin thick and tough, pulp 

 firm ; flavor fair. A good bearer and a valuable market grape. 



Concord. Bunches compact, large, shouldered ; berries large, round, almost 

 black, covered with bloom; skin very tender; flesh juicy, buttery, sweet. Ripens 

 ten days before the Isabella; is healthy, vigorous, and very productive. The ex- 

 treme hardiness, vigor and productiveness of the vine, and the large size and fine 

 apppearance of the bunches and berries, have rendered the Concord one of the 

 most popular market sorts, although inferior to several others in flavor. It suc- 

 ceeds well throughout the entire West. The fruit is too tender for shipping long 

 distances. [See frontispiece.] [Self -fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Cottaffe. Bunch small, sometimes shouldered; berry large, round, black; 

 pulp tough, sweet, somewhat foxy. (Thomas.) 



Croton. 'Bunch medium in size, not very compact, shouldered; berries vary- 

 ing from small to medium, light greenish yellow; skin thin; flesh juicy, sweet, 

 with an excellent, pleasant flavor. Ripens early. A cross of the Delaware and 

 the Chasselas. Liable to mildew in some localities. [Self- fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Cynthiana. Bunch moderately compact, shouldered ; berries small, round, 

 black. Resembling Norton's Virginia, but better. Southwest. (Thomas.) 



Delaivare. Bunches small, compact, generally shouldered ; berries smallish, 

 round; ekin thin, light red, translucent; exceedingly sweet, aromatic. Early. 

 A vigorous grower under high culture; requires a strong, rich soil. An early and 

 profuse bearer. Hardy. Delaware, Ohio. One of the most excellent and popu- 

 lar of all American grapes, especially at the North and East. Often injured by 

 overbearing. [Self -fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Diana. A seedling from the Catawba, which it resembles, but paler, or a 

 pale, grayish red. Bunches compact; berries round, almost without pulp, juicy, 

 sweet, rich. It ripens best on poor soil. Origin, Milton, Mass. [Self- fertile.] 

 (Thomas.) 



, Dracut Amber. A brown fox, somewhat resembling, but not equal in flavor 

 to, the Northern Muscadine. [Nearly self- fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Duchess. Bunch medium, sometimes large, shouldered; berries moderate 

 in size, light green, tinged with pale yellow and amber ; tender, free from pulp, 

 sweet, rich, and excellent in quality. One- fourth exotic. Season medium. Ulster 

 county, New York. [Self-fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Early Ohio. A new black grape. Its points of merit are extreme earliness, 

 hardiness, productiveness, and being of better quality than most early sorts. 

 Berries large, firm, of spicy, pleasant flavor; hangs to the stem with a persist- 

 ency that makes its shipping qualities of the highest order. Ripens about three 

 weeks before the Concord. Promises to be valuable as an early sort, and also 

 desirable for garden culture. [Self fertile.] (Michigan Nurseries.) 



