DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



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brown, with a purplish bloom; skin of medium 

 thickness ; flesh juicy, sweet and almost without 

 pulp ; leaf large, thick and whitish underneath ; 

 canes reddish brown, short jointed; buds prom- 

 inent; ripens with the Delaware, which it some- 

 what resembles. Justly regarded by all who 

 have seen it as a grape of much promise. It 

 took the first premium as the best new seedling 

 at the Ohio State Fair (1868). We give an en- 

 graving, figured from a bunch raised by Chas. 

 Carpenter, Kelley's Island. As this new grape 

 has not yet been tested in different localities, we 

 can not recommend it, except as an interesting 

 novelty to amateurs ; and its being supposed to 

 be a cross between the Catawba and Isabella 

 gives us but little confidence in its health. 



Ho well. (Labr.) Origin unknown; Bunch and 

 lerry medium; oval, black; skin thick ; flesh with firm 

 pulp, pleasant. Good. Middle September. Downing. 



Humboldt. OEta.) A very interesting 

 new seedling of the Louisiana, raised by Fr. 

 Muench, described by him as of very vigorous 

 growth, healthy and hardy, free of rot or leaf 

 blight. Bunch, below medium; berries me- 

 dium, of light green color, and of finest quality. 



Huntingdon. (Cord.} A new grape of the 

 Clinton class. Bunch small, compact, shoul- 

 dered ; berry small, round, black, juicy and vi- 

 nous. Ripens early. Vine a vigorous grower, 

 healthy, hardy and productive; promises well 

 for wine. 



See: York Madeira. 



IRWING. 



Hyde's Eliza, 



Imperial. A white seedling from lona and Sarbelle 

 Muscat, by Mr. Ricketts, of Newburgh, N. Y. Hunch 

 large, with slight shoulder; berry very large, white, 

 with considerable bloom; no pulp; no seeds (?); splen- 

 did flavor, with traces of the lona-Muscat aroma; vine 

 a vigorous grower, hardy; ripens about time 

 ol the Isabella. The finest white grape of 

 Mr. Ricketts' collection, according to Mr. 

 Williams, editor of the Horticulturist. 



I r wing. (Underbill's 8-20.) A 

 most showy and attractive new white 

 grape, grown from Concord seed, 

 crossed with White Frontignan, which 

 was planted by Mr. Steph. W. Under- 

 bill, of Croton Point, New York, in 

 the spring of 1863; fruited first in 1866. 

 The character of the very large cluster 

 is seen by the engraving (about one- 

 half reduced in size). The berry is 

 large,, considerably larger than Con- 

 cord, of a yellowish-white color, 

 slightly tinged with pink, when very 

 ripe. The vine is a healthy, vigorous 

 grower, has large, thick foliage, with 

 'down' on the under side. Fruit 

 ripens rather late, between the Isabella 

 and Catawba, and keeps well in win- 

 ter; it has a vinous flavor, and is quite 

 fleshy when perfectly ripe. We con- 

 sider this far more deserving of dissem- 

 ination than his 'Croton.' 



Itbaca. A new seedling raised by Dr. 

 S. J. Parker, Ithaca, N. Y. ; described by its 

 originator as in bunch and berry larger than 

 "Walter; a pure greenish- yellow; a rose-like 

 smell and a high, Chasselas-Mosque-like ( ?) 

 flavor, and claimed to be a cross of Chasselas 

 on Delaware, ripening before Delaware, and 

 to be hardy, healthy and vigorous. Not dis- 

 seminated. We only place it on record as 

 one of the new varieties likely to be brought 

 forward. 



