DESCRIPTION OF YABIETIES. 



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The wine is of a light straw color of delicate, 

 flavor. The French commission at the Exposi- 

 tion of Am. Wines at Montpellier, 1874, pro- 

 nounced the Martha as "approaching the wines 

 of Piquepoul, produced in the Herault." 



Seedlings have been raised of late from the Mar- 

 tha, but are not yet disseminated ; one of these, 

 raised by F. Miinch, seems to be an improve- 

 ment on the parent, producing more abundant- 

 ly and a somewhat larger and better fruit. (See 

 also "Lady.") 



Jttaguire is like Hartford, but more foxy. Strong. 



Manhattan, (Lair.) originated near New York. 

 A poor bearer. Bunches small; berries medium, round, 

 greenish white, with a bloom. Flesh sweet, rather 

 pulpy. Downing. 



Marines' new seedlings; these are crosses between 

 purely native varieties, claimed to be produced by a 

 new and very simple process : diluting the pollen of the 

 male flower with rain water and then applying it to the 

 pistils of the variety which he selects as the female 

 parent. Among the seedlings thus raised there are 

 some quite peculiar and very interesting; some are 

 of the jEstivalis family, but with berries of quite large 

 size: 1. Nerluton, fine large bunch, berries above medi- 

 um, black; leaf very large and leathery, strong. 2. Green 

 Castle, same as the former, berries even larger. 

 3. Luna, white, in appearance almost like Martha; but) 

 the gain in size seems to be coupled with a loss in qual- 

 ity, compared to our delicious, juicy, small ^Estivalis 

 grapes. A larger number of his seedlings are of the 

 Labrusca type, and among these his "U. B." black, 

 Mianna and .King William, white, are well worthy a trial. 



Mary, (?) raised by Charles Carpenter, Kelly Island. 

 Vine hardy, strong grower. Fruit ripens too late for 

 the North. Bunch medium, moderately compact ; berries 

 medium, round, greenish white, with a bloom. Flesh 

 tender, slight pulp, juicy, sweet, brisk flavor. Down- 

 ing. Another Mary, an early red grape, is described by 

 Fuller. 



Marion. (Cord.) A new variety brought 

 to us from Pennsylvania by that indefatigable 

 horticulturist, Samuel Miller, who got it from 

 Dr. C. W. Grant. It came probably from 

 " Longworth's famous school of vines," valua- 

 ble for a dark red wine. Bunch medium, com- 

 pact; berry medium, but considerably larger 

 than Clinton, round, black, juicy, sweet when 

 fully ripe ; ripens late long after coloring, but 

 hangs firmly to the bunch. Blooms early, with 

 Clinton, which variety it resembles yet far sur- 

 passes, in our opinion ; so much so that it 

 appears almost a transition from the Riparia to 

 --^Bstivalis species. Vine a very vigorous grow- 

 er, rambling but not so straggling as the Clin- 

 ton. Wood firm with a medium pith. Foliage 

 large, strong and abundant; of a peculiar 

 golden hue when young, the young branches of 



a beautiful red color. Moots wiry and firm, 

 with a smooth, hard liber, enjoy the immunity 

 from Phyloxera belonging to its species in the 

 fullest degree. 



Mary Ann. (Labr.) Raised by J. B. Gar- 

 ber, Columbia, Pennsylvania. Bunch medium, 

 moderately compact, shouldered; berry medi- 

 um, oval, black, pulpy, foxy, resembling the 

 Isabella. Very early, ripening a day or two 

 before the Hartford Prolific, and therefore val- 

 uable as an early market grape, though of an 

 inferior quality. 



Massasoit, (Roger's Hybrid No. 3). A fine, 

 early grape for table and market. We copy 

 the following description by Mr. Wilder, our 

 celebrated veteran of American pomology: 



Bunch rather short, medium size, shouldered; 

 berry medium to large, color brownish red. 

 Flesh tender and sweet, with a little of the 

 native flavor when fully ripe. Season same as 

 the Hartford Prolific. Very free from disease, 

 and sufficiently vigorous. 



MAXATAWNEY (half diameter) . 



Maxatawney. (Labr.) A chance seed- 

 ling, originated in Montgomery county, Penn- 

 sylvania in 1844. First brought into notice in 

 1858. Bunch medium, long, occasionally com- 

 pact, usually not shouldered ; berry above me- 

 dium, oblong, pale yellow, with slight amber 

 tint on the sunny side. Flesh tender, not pulpy 



