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sweet and delicious, with fine aroma, few seeds ; 

 quality best, both for tableland wine. Ripens 

 rather late for northern localities, but where it 

 fully ripens, as here in Missouri, it is one of the 

 finest of our native white grapes, much like the 

 European white Chasselas. Jloots slender, soft 

 in texture and liber, incapable of resisting Phyl- 

 loxera. Canes light and of moderate length, 

 with average number of laterals. Wood soft 

 with a large pith. Vine very healthy and 

 hardy ; needs no protection in winter; foliage 

 large, deeply indented. Must 82. 



" Will make a very delicate white wine without 

 gallizing." Husmann. 



Merrimack (Roger's No. 19). Regarded 

 by some as the finest grape in the cpllection of 

 Rogers' hybrids. Mr. Wilder says : 



It is one of the most reliable varieties in all 

 seasons. Vine very vigorous, free from dis- 

 ease. Bunch usually smaller than his other 

 black sorts; berry large, sweet, tolerably rich. 

 Season about the 20th of September (in Massa- 

 chusetts.) 



MOTTLED. 



We prefer his No. 4., the "Wilder;" it is like 

 it in quality, with by far larger and heavier 

 bunches, and more profitable. 



Miles. (i6r.) Origin, Westchester coun- 

 ty, Pennsylvania. Vine a moderate grower, 

 hardy and productive. Bunch small, rather 

 compact; berry small, round, black. Flesh 

 tender, siight pulp at centre; brisk, vinous, 

 pleasant. Ripens among the earliest, but does 

 not hang long. We cannot recommend it for 

 vineyard culture as a profitable market grape, 

 but for family use as a good early table grape 

 it is valuable, especially for the North. 



Miner's Seedling. (See Venango.) 



Missouri. Syn : MISSOURI SEEDLING. Mentioned 

 by Buchanan and Downing ; but now unknown, even in 

 Missouri. 



Mount Lebanon. (Ldbr.) Originated by George 

 Curtis, of the United Society of Mount Lebanon, Colum- 

 bia county, N. Y.; supposed to be a cross of Spanish 

 Amber and Isabella. Bunch larger than Northern Mus- 

 cadine; berry round, reddish. Flesh pulpy, tough, 

 though sweet, perhaps a little better than Northern 

 Muscadine. Not yet tried here. 



Mottled. Originated with Mr. 

 Charles Carpenter, Kelly's Island. 

 A seedling of the Catawba. Earlier 

 in ripening and less disposed to mil- 

 dew and rot than its parent. Mr. 

 H. Lewis, of Sandusky, Ohio, says: 



"This variety undoubtedly de- 

 serves more credit than it has gained, 

 at home and abroad." 



Charles Downing says : 



" A profuse bearer, ripening with 

 Delaware. It will hang a long time 

 after ripe, and keeps unusually 

 well." 



We, in Missouri, as well as Dr. E. 

 Van Kewren, at Hammondsport, 

 found it a poor grower and bearer. 



Bunch medium size, very compact, 

 slightly shouldered ; berries medium 

 to large, round, distinctly mottled 

 when held to the light, with differ- 

 ent shades of red or maroon while 

 ripening, but nearly a uniform dark 

 Catawba color when fully ripe, with 

 a slight bloom. Flesh sweet, juicy, 

 vinous, of brisk, sprightly flavor, 

 always rather pulpy and acid at the 

 center. Skin thick. Season late, 

 ripens with Norton's Virginia. 

 Hangs well to the bunch, and im- 

 proves by being left long on the 



