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Norton's Virginia. Bunches long, moderately compact; berries small, 

 round; skin thin, dark purple; pulpy, vinous, somewhat harsh, rather pleasant, 

 and rich. Shoots strong 1 , hardy. (Thomas.) 



Osage. Bunch large, shouldered; berry large, round, black, blue bloom; 

 flesh juicy, sweet, foxy. (Thomas.) 



Ozark. Bunch large, compact, shouldered; berry medium, round, black, 

 blue bloom. (Thomas.) 



Paragon. Bunch large, shouldered, compact, handsome; berry large, ten- 

 der, sweet, rich, sprightly, vinous, without pulp; a bag of delicious fruit; hardy, 

 healthy, vigorous, and productive; free from rot or mildew; ripe with Concord, 

 but hangs well; valuable table and market grape. [Self-fertile.] (Sedgwick 

 Nursery Company.) 



Perkins. Bunch rather small, conical, shouldered; berry round, amber, 

 whitish bloom. A brown fox grape, resembling Northern Muscadine, but lighter 

 colored and inferior in quality. [Self-fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Peter Wylie. Bunch small; berry small, red. Little value. (Thomas.) 



Pocklington. Bunch medium, shouldered, compact; berry large, pale 

 greenish yellow, pulpy, with good flavor when fully ripe. Season rather late. 

 Vine hardy, healthy, productive. A showy and attractive grape. A seedling of 

 Concord. Origin, Sandy Hill, N. Y. [Self-fertile.] (Thomas.) 



Pouffhkeepsie .Red. A cross between Delaware and lona, of high quality 

 and very handsome; larger than Delaware. [Self -fertile.] (Hart Pioneer Nur- 

 series.) 



Prentiss. Bunch medium, sometimes shouldered, compact; berry medium, 

 roundish oval, greenish white, becoming tinged with pale yellow, sweet, and very 

 good in quality. Slow grower. Season medium. A seedling of the Isabella. 

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



Rochester. Of the same type as the Delaware. A weak grower. [Self- 

 sterile.] (Bulletin No. 92, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.) 



Rommel (Elvira X Triumph). Growth medium, shoots smooth, short 

 jointed, tapering rapidly; requires short pruning; prolific; endures the climate 

 [Texas] better than the Concord; leaves medium, shallow, three-lobed, smooth 

 above, a little felted below, teeth prominent, irregular; attacked by mildew in 

 wet, sultry weather, but less than Delaware ; always holds on until crop matures ^ 

 clusters medium to small, ovate or cylindrical, often shouldered, compact, ped- 

 uncle short ; berries large, globular, persistent, greenish white when fully ripe ^ 

 skin very thin and delicate, but rarely cracks on vine ; too tender for long ship- 

 ment ; carries well 50 to 100 miles in five-pound baskets ; pulp melting and per- 

 fectly delicious when fully ripenened, or if weather is wet and cloudy at ripening 

 time. Several hundred vines have always been very profitable in local market* 

 Ripe just before Concord. Fruit rarely attacked by rot. [Self-fertile.] (Mun- 

 son.) 



Salem (Rogers's No. 22). Bunch large, short, rather compact; berry large, 

 round, dark, full red, tender, nearly free from pulp, of a moderate but vary agree- 

 able flavor ; season medium ; vine vigorous and productive. Succeeds in many 

 localities, mildews in others. (Thomas.) 



Schuylkill Muscadel (Cape Grape, Spring Hill Constantia). Bunches not 

 shouldered, compact; berries medium, nearly round, slightly oval; skin thick, 

 black; pulp firm, coarse, acid until fully ripe; season late. Worthless in New 

 England and New York; good farther south. A native of Pennsylvania, 

 (Thomas.) 



