DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Brant. (Arnold's Hybrid No. 8.) 

 Seedling of Clinton crossed with Black 

 St. Peters. The young leaves and shoots 

 dark blood red ; leaves very deeply lobed, 

 smooth on both sides. Bunch and berry 

 resembling the Clinton in appearance, but 

 greatly superior in flavor when perfectly 

 ripe; skin thin, free from pulp, all juice, 

 sweet and vinous ; seeds small and few 

 (1-3) : perfectly hardy ; vine strong, 

 healthy grower. A very early and desir- 

 able grape; in fact the earliest of all, with 

 us, arid it would be the most profitable if 

 the birds would not destroy the bunches 

 as soon as they ripen. For localities 

 where grapes ripen later than with us, 

 and where birds are less destructive, it is 

 worthy of the attention of grape growers. 



Brighton. (Lair.) An excellent new grape, 

 raised by H. E. Hooker, of Rochester, N. Y. 

 Bunch large and beautifully formed, compact, 

 shouldered; berries above medium to large, round, 

 of a Catawba color; quality and flavor very su- 

 perior. Should the vine prove hardy, healthy 

 and productive, it will be a valuable addition to 

 our list of grapes. We have been favored with 

 it by the originator for testing here, but are not 

 allowed to disseminate the same for the present. 



Burroughs'. (Cord.) From Vermont. Vine 

 allied to the Clinton. Bunch small; lerry round, 

 black, thick bloom; flesh harsh, acid, austere. 

 Downing. 



Burton's Early. (Lair.) A large, early, 

 poor Fox grape . Unworthy culture . Downing. 



Bottsi. (^st.) The local name for a very 

 remarkable grape , grown in the yard of a gen- 

 tleman of that name, in Natchez, Miss. It is 

 said to throw all other grapes ever grown there 

 (including the Jacquez), completely in the 

 background , and is claimed to be the true Herbe- 

 mont brought some fifty years ago from S. C. It 

 differs from our Herbemont in color, being of a light 

 pink in the shade, a dark pink in the full sun. It may, 

 perhaps, be the same grape of which mention is made 

 under "Pauline." The impartial, trustworthy testi- 

 mony of Mr. H. Y. Child, an amateur horticulturalist, 

 as to its excellent quality and rapid growth, enormous 

 fruitfulness and freedom from rot, made us procure 

 and plant some wood of this variety, and, if it succeeds 

 with us, we shall consider it as a valuable addition to 

 that long neglected but most important class of Ameri- 

 can vines, and shall disseminate it among southern 

 grape-growers. 



Cambridge. (Labr.) A new grape, origi- 

 nated in the garden of Mr. Francis Houghton, 

 Cambridge, Mass, and now introduced by Mess. 

 Hovey & Co., of Boston, as "of the highest 

 merit." They describe it as follows: " It is a 

 black grape, somewhat resembling Concord, 

 but with more oval berries. Bunches large and 



BRANT. 



shouldered; berries large, with a very thin skin, 

 covered with a delicate bloom, and adhering 

 firmly to the bunch; flesh rich, brisk and re- 

 freshing; without pulp, and more nearly ap 

 proaching the Adirondac in quality than any 

 other native grape. Period of ripening a few 

 days before the Concord. The vine has the lux 

 uriance of growth and handsome foliage of the 

 Concord, while it is quite as hardy, if not 

 hardier than that grape. It is entirely free from 

 mildew. The Cambridge which we now de- 

 scribe (say Messrs. Hovey & Co.), we can quite 

 as fully endorse as we did the Concord, just 

 twenty years ago, (1854) and we do not doubt 

 it will attain an equal, if not a higher rank than 

 that variety." 



Camden. (Lair.) Bunch medium; lerry large, 

 greenish white; flesh with a hard centre; acid; poor. 



