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BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



sweet, spicy, moderately juicy. Juice very dark 

 red, weighs very heavy on the must scale, even 

 higher than Norton's Virginia, and makes, so 

 far, our best red wine. It has as much body as 

 Norton's Virginia, is of exquisite flavor, much 

 more delicate than Norton's, and can safely en- 

 ter the lists with the choicest Burgundy wines. 

 The Norton's, however, seem to possess medi- 

 cinal ingredients (tannin) in a higher degree. 

 Vine vigorous and healthy, productive, as sure 

 in its crops of well ripened fruit here, as any 

 variety we know; but very difficult to propa- 

 gate, as its wood is very hard with a small pith 

 and closely adhering outer bark. Since it bore 

 its first crop, in 1859, we have never seen a rot- 

 ten berry on it. The fruit ripens some few days 

 earlier than Norton's and Catawba. Specific 

 gravity of must, from 98 to 118 according to 

 the season. While we can confidently recom- 

 mend the true Cyuthiana as the best grape for 

 red wine which we have tried, we must at the 

 same time caution the public against spurious 

 vines, which have been sent out under that 

 name. 



We copy the above description partly from 

 Mr. Husmann, of whom we also obtained our 

 original stock of this variety. We have now 

 about 2000 vines of same in bearing. Our Cyn- 

 thiana wine was awarded the First Medal of 

 Merit at the World-Exposition, Vienna, 1873, 

 and is gaining the " blue ribbon " at every test. 

 The commission at the Congres de Montpellier, 

 France, 1874, reported: "Cynthiana of Mr. 

 Bush, a red wine of fine color, rich in body and 

 alcohol, reminding us of old Roussillon wine." 

 It says th.e same of Cynthiana exhibited by 

 Poeschel & Soberer. Mr. Nuesch, of Dr. Law- 

 rence's Ouachita vineyard, near Hot Spring, 

 Ark., who got his plants from us, says: "We 

 find the Cynthiana hardier than the Norton and 

 a few days earlier in ripening." The juice of 

 the Cynthiana surpasses that of the Norton's in 

 saccharine by about 10 on Oechsle's scale, 

 averaging about 112. Mr. Muench writes us: 

 " Too much cannot be said in praise of the Cyn- 

 thiana; its wine, two or three years old, cannot 

 be excelled by. the best red wines of the old 

 world." We look upon it as our BEST AND 

 MOST VALUABLE grape for red wine, and have 

 bestowed (he best care and special attention on 

 its propagation, so that we can now offer relia- 

 ble, number one plants, with strong, insect 

 proof, healthy roots, of this variety, to our 

 customers, at a comparatively very moderate 

 price. 



Dana. A seedling grown by Francis Dana, of Rox- 

 bury, Mass., and described in the "Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Transactions." Bunch medium, shouldered, 

 compact, with a peculiar red stem; berries rather large, 

 nearly round, red, with a rich, heavy bloom, so that 

 when fully ripe they appear almost black; flesh as free 

 from pulp as Delaware; not so sweet, but more spirited 

 and vinous, yet not acid. Ripe last of September. 



Detroit. (Labr f ) This variety is supposed to be 

 a seedling of Catawba. It was found in a garden in 

 Detroit, Mich. Not having seen the fruit we copy from 

 description in the Horticulturalist. Vine very vigorous 

 and hardy. Foliage resembling Catawba; wood short 

 jointed; bunches large, compact; berries very dark, rich 

 brown claret, with a light bloom, round and regular. 

 Flesh with very little pulp, rich and sugary. Ripens 

 earlier than the Catawba. 



Devereux. (^Est.} Syn. BLACK JULY, 

 LINCOLN, BLUE GRAPE, SHERRY, THURMOND, 

 HART, TULEY, MCLEAN, HUSSON, (LENOIR, in- 

 correctly). A southern grape; belongs to the 

 same class as Herbemont and Cunningham; 

 where this grape will succeed it is one of our 

 very best wine grapes, producing a white wine 

 of exquisite flavor. It is somewhat subject to 

 mildew, very tender, and requires covering in 

 the winter. North of Missouri it should not be 

 tried, but here it succeeds admirably on south- 

 ern slopes, in very favorable seasons, and our 

 southern grape growers, especially, should plant 

 some of it. Bunch very long, loose, shouldered; 

 berry black, below medium, round; flesh juicy, 

 without pulp, and vinous; quality best; vine a 

 strong grower and very productive, when free 

 from mildew. 



Diana Hamburg. A new variety, said to be a 

 cross between the Diana and Black Hamburg, origi- 

 nated by Mr. Jacob Moore, of Rochester, N. Y.; bunches 

 generally large, sufliciently compact, well shouldered; 

 berries above medium, slightly oval, of a rich fiery red 

 color when fully ripe; flesh tender, of very sweet 

 flavor, equal to some of the finer foreign sorts. Vine a 

 weak grower, with short jointed, firm wood, very ten- 

 der; leaves of medium size, crimped, and sometimes 

 rolled in; subject to mildew. Its fruit ripens after the 

 Concord, but before its parent the Diana. We may as 

 well state that at least three independent parties are 

 reputed to have made this hybrid, and there may exist 

 several crosses of the foreign Black Hamburg on the 

 Diaita. Ours is from J. Charlton , Rochester, N. Y. , 

 but it proved worthless. We might as well attempt to 

 grow the lilack Hamburg in open air. Its propagation 

 should be given up, at least we have done so . 



Don Juan, one of Mr. Ricketts' seedlings, much 

 like its parent lona. Mr. F. R. Elliott says: "It is 

 better than any known hardy grape of its color; is 

 about the size in berry of Rogers' 15, a deeper color 

 and a larger and better bunch; the flesh is vinous, 

 sweet and sparkling. " (See our Remarks on Rickett's 

 Seedlings.) 



