DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



77 



Union Village. Syn. SHAKER, ONTARIO. 

 (Labr.) Originated among the Shakers at Un- 

 ion Village, Ohio. One of the largest of the 

 native grapes we have, and one of the strongest 

 growing vines. It is said to be a seedling of the 

 Isabella, scarcely better in quality, but the 

 bunches and berries are of the size of the Black 

 Hamburgs. Bunches large, 'compact, shoul- 

 dered; berries very large, black, obloug; skin 

 thin, covered with bloom; flesh quite sweet 

 when fully ripe, and of tolerably good quality ; 

 ripens late and unevenly. Vine a coarse grower 

 but tender, requires protection in severe win- 

 ters ; often unhealthy. 



Urbaiia. (Lair.) Bunch medium, short, shoul- 

 dered; berry medium to large, round, white-yellowish 

 in the sun, juicy, vinous acid; hard centre, aromatic 

 skin. Ripens about with Isabella. Downing. 



Venango, or Minor's Seedling. (Labr.) 

 An old variety, said to have been cultivated by 

 the French at Fort Venango, on Alleghany 

 river, some eighty years since. Bunch medium, 

 compact; berries above medium, round, often 

 flattened by their compactness, color pale red, 

 a fine white bloom ; skin thick ; flesh sweet, but 

 pulpy and foxy ; vine a vigorous grower, very 

 hardy, healthy and productive. 



Victoria. Ray's (Lair.} This new variety is being 

 introduced (18711872) by Mr. M. M. Samuels of Clin- 

 ton, Ky., who describes it as follows: ' ( Bunches and 

 'berries medium size, round, light amber color; skin 

 thin; pulp tender, sweet and highly flavored; vines per- 

 fectly healthy; abundant bearer, and a good, but not 

 rampant grower." This grape has been tested fora 

 number of years by a few individuals, in different parts 

 of the South, and has, even under adverse circumstances 

 been free from both mildew and rot; it ripens there 

 about the middle of August, and was pronounced an 

 excellent table grape, making also a superior wine. 



"We find it quite similar to Perkins. 



Weehawken. Raised by Dr. Chas. Siedho.f 

 of North Hoboken, N. J., from a seed of a grape 

 from the Crimea V. Vinifera. A white grape 

 of fine quality. 



Its foliage is very handsome, and decidedly 

 foreign in character; its fruit fine; but only by 

 grafting it on native roots, and careful nursing 

 and covering in winter can we obtain some of 

 it in favorable seasons. 



"White Delaware. A pure Delaware seed- 

 ling, originated with Mr. Geo. "W. Campbell, of 

 Delaware, O., of whom we received a few vines 

 of this variety in 1873. 



The vine is claimed to be much more vigor- 

 ous and robust in habit than the Delaware under 

 the same conditions and circumstances ; its foli- 

 age is large, thick and heavy, resembling that 



of Catawba more than Delaware. With him it 

 has so far resisted both mildew and rot in very 

 unfavorable seasons, and has matured its fruit 

 perfectly when both Concord and Delaware 

 were destroyed. In flavor it seems to Mr. 

 Campbell all that can be desired, even superior 

 to the old Delaware. Its only fault, he says, is 

 want of size ; the berries and bunches will both 

 rather fall below than go above the size of Del- 

 aware. In form of bunch and berry it is like 

 the Delaware, compact and shouldered; color 

 greenish-white, with thin white bloom. Produc- 

 tive, but apparently not as subject to overbear 

 as' the Delaware. 



If its more vigorous habit should make this 

 new variety succeed in localities where the Del- 

 aware fails, then the want of size would not 

 prevent, in our opinion, its becoming a very 

 valuable vineyard grape. We consider it wor- 

 thy of trial. 



Another White Delaware seedling has been 

 raised by Mr. Herm. Yaeger of Neosho; while 

 the bunch and berries closely resemble the Del- 

 aware in shape and size, it has otherwise every 

 characteristic of a Labrusca. 



Whitehall. (Lair.) A new, early black grape, 

 supposed to be a chance seedling, originated on the 

 grounds of Mr. George Goodale, in Whitehall, Wash 

 ington Co., N. Y. and said to be nearly three weeks 

 ahead of the Hartford Prolific I Messrs. Merrell & 

 Coleman, who have propagated and now offer this new 

 grape, describe the fruit to be the size of the Isabella; 

 lunch large and moderately compadt, color dark pur- 

 ple ; lerries thin skinned, and adhering well to the stem ; 

 pulp tender, melting and sweet. The vine is said to be 

 a good grower, hardy and free from mildew. 



This variety may most likely be worthy the attention 

 of grape growers in search of very early sorts. 



Wilmington. (?) A white grape, originated on 

 the farm of Mr. Jeffries , near Wilmington , Del. , Vine 

 very vigorous, hardy. Bunches large, loose, shoulder- 

 ed; lerries large, round, inclining to oval, green- 

 ish-white, or when fully ripe, yellowish. Flesh acid ; 

 pungent, not desirable at the north may be better 

 south. Ripens late. Downing. 



Wilmington Red. Syn : WYOMING RED. (Lair.) 

 Raised and disseminated by S. J. Parker, M. D., Ithaca, 

 N. Y., and according to Fuller, ' ' nothing more than an 

 early red fox grape, but little better than the old Nor- 

 thern Muscadine." The Horticulturist, of Nov. 1874, 

 speaks of the Wyoming Red, (probably the more correct 

 name of Dr. Parker's red fox grape seedling) as being 

 rapidly diffused and much in demand there, as an early 

 profitable grape. 



Winslow. (Cord-) Originated in the garden of 

 Charles Winslow, Cleveland, O. The vine resembles 

 Clinton, is hardy and productive; the fruit matures 

 very early, and is less acid than Clinton; lunch medium, 

 compact; berry small, round, black. Flesh reddish 

 tinge, some pulp, vinous, juicy. Downing. 



