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BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



THE NORTH CAROLINA SEEDLING. 



hangs well to the bunch, and will keep well and 

 carry to market in good condition. Ripens 

 early, coloring a few days before the Concord. 

 Vine an enormous grower, hardy, healthy, and 

 very productive; requires long pruning and 

 " plenty to do." Roots abundant, thick, firm, 

 with a tolerably hard liber; seems a good resist- 

 ant to Phylloxera. Canes of medium thickness, 

 long and rambling, with an average comple- 

 ment of laterals. Wood firm with a medium 

 pith. The initiated can also make a good Mus- 

 catell wine of it. Must, 84. 



Norton, or Norton's Virginia* Origin- 

 ated from seed of a wild grape (from the forests 

 in Hanover county, Virginia) in the garden of 

 Dr. D. N. Norton, an amateur horticulturist 

 near Richmond, Virginia, and was introduced 

 by him to public notice about forty-five years 

 ago. It made but little progress until about 

 twenty-five years ago, when Mr. Heinrichs and 

 Dr. Kehr brought it, each a few sprigs, to our 

 Herman vine-dressers. This little insignificant 

 looking grape, pronounced worthless by Mr. 

 Longworth, the father of American grape cul- 



