BtTSHBERG CATALOGUE. 



" If 1 were only young again with the experience 



We extract the following from Mr. Wylie's letters to 

 ourselves, feeling confident that it will be found inter- 

 esting to grape growers, as characteristic of the origi- 

 nator and his new Hybrids. ' I send you some scions 

 for grafting, of some of my best Hybrids. I wish you 

 to give them a fair trial. I hardly think that any of 

 them will prove tender with vou, except 'Jane "Wylie.' 

 Those which I found most hardy, and judge to be so 

 also North (from parentage) , I mark *. In describing 

 my different Hybrids I always name the female parent 

 first, viz : Halifax and Delaware means that Halifax is 

 the female and Delaware the male parent. ' ' 



Jane Wylie. (Parentage, Clinton and Foreign.) 

 Bunch and "berry very large; berries nearlv one inch in 

 diameter; quality lest, resembling foreign in texture 

 and flavor, ripens early and hangs long; might require 

 winter covering in your climate and further North. 



* Clinton and Foreign, (Red Frontignac,) No. 6. 

 White, slightly red on cheek; resembles white Chasse- 

 1 as ; lunch large; "berries above medium; not as early as 

 Jane Wylie; wood and foliage NATIVE; seems quite 

 hardy, and is of highest quality. 



Harry Wylie. A Hybrid, (label of parentage lost) 

 white; lunch and berries about size of Lenoir, more 

 shouldered; beautiful and excellent. 



* No. 4. A cross between two Hybrids. 



Bunch some larger than Lenoir; berry medium, of a clear 

 transparent golden color; finest -texture and flavor, re- 

 sembling white Frontignac. Ripens as early as Con- 

 cord; native foliage, but ahead of all American grapes 

 in quality; considered of the highest excellence by 

 Downing, Saunders, Meehan and others. 



* No. 5. (Delaware and Clinton) . Bunch and 



berry larger than Delaware; color of fruit a fine pink. 

 ' ' Berckmans writes me that it bore well with him 

 (scarcely any grape does well on his soil), says it is as 

 strong and healthy a grower as Clinton (stronger with 

 me); he thinks it of promise, and worthy a name. I 

 am anxious for you to try it. Foliage native; does not 

 rot or mildew here." 



* Garnet. (Red Frontignac and Clinton.) Bunch 

 and berry larger than Clinton, of a beautiful deep garnet 

 color; flavor and texture foreign, but native foliage. 



Concord and Foreign (Bowood Muscat,) No. 8. 

 Black; bunch and berries very large and loose; skin thick; 

 texture foreign , flavor slightly musky. A strong grower 

 with large Labrusca foliage . Ripens a~s late as Catawba. 



Halifax and Hamburg-, No. 11. Black. Bunch 

 and berry medium size ; skin thick ; only valuable on ac- 

 count of its extreme productiveness and health; has 

 never rotted in ten years. 



Peter Wylie No. 1. (Parentage: F., Halifax and 

 Foreign, M., Delaware and Foreign.) White; transpa- 

 rent, becoming golden yellow when fully ripe; bunches 

 and berries between Delaware and Concord. A vigor- 

 ous, short-jointed, rapid growing vine, with thick, na- 

 tive leaves; holds its leaves and ripens its wood thor- 

 oughly. (Also Peter Wylie No . 2, produced from seed 

 of P. W. No. 1.) 



Robert Wylie. Blue; bunch large and long; btrry 

 large; skin thin; rich and juicy; ripens as late as Ca- 

 tawba. A great bearer; one of my best, but it may not 

 be quite hardy, as the wood is not very hard. 



Gill Wylie. (Concord and Foreign.) Blue; bunch 

 large, loose, and much shouldered; berry large, oblong; 

 texture soft and rich; ripens with Concord, but alto- 

 gether superior. Intensely Labrusca in foliage, and 

 clear of all disease. Considered of greatest promise. 



* Delaware and Concord No. 1. Dark red; 

 bunch and berry medium; skin tolerably thick; juice rich 

 and sweet, slightly musky; vine very hardy, with La- 

 brusca foliage; a great bearer, never fails, and may 

 make a fine wine grape. 



Herbemont Hybrid. (Halifax and Foreign No. 1 

 and Herbemont No. 2.) Dark blue; bunch and berry 

 medium; one of the most tender, sweet, and high-fla- 

 vored grapes in the collection. A healthy vine, hardy 

 here. 



Hybrid Scuppernong* No. 5, (Parentage: F., 

 Bland Madeira and Foreign No. 1; M., Stamminate Hy- 

 brid Scuppernong; produced by impregnating Black 

 Hamburg with Scuppernong.) So, you see, it is only a 

 quarter blood Scuppernong. I have never yet had a 

 half breed Scuppernong to bear perfect fruit. The 

 vine is healthy and hardy here; it bears a white, trans- 

 parent, fruit. Bunch medium, berries large; skin thin, 

 but tough; almost pulpless, rich, sweet, with a peculiar 

 flavor; appears to ripen its berries together (as early as 

 Concord) and adhere well, which some of the Hybrid 

 Scuppernong do not. I think it may suit your climate; 

 it is certainly worthy of a full trial. 



Halifax and Delaware No. 3O. Color of Dela- 

 ware; bunch about same size; berries one-half larger; 

 texture and flavor also much like Delaware, but holds 

 (here) its leaves better, and is healthier generally, with 

 leaves somewhat hoary underneath. A great bearer. 



Halifax and Delaware No. 38. Of deeper red 

 color than the former, and of superior flavor, but not as 

 strong a grower as No. 30. Wood hard, leaves hoary, 

 and ferruginous (rusty) underneath. Mr. Guthrie tells 

 me that this -variety was the most preferred among 

 about 80 Hybrids he had bearing. 



Halifax and Hybrid No. 55. Blue, like Hali- 

 fax, but high-flavored, tender and very sweet; bunch 

 and berry larger than Nos. 30 and 38. I think it will 

 prove a great acquisition. 



I have sent you nearly all of my Hybrids that may be 

 sufficiently hardy for your climate. There are two 

 more which I would like for you to try, but the vines 

 were so nearly destroyed that I have no wood worth 

 sending. I still continue to Hybridize, more or less 

 every year." A. P. WYLIE. 



York madeira. Syn. BLACK GERMAN, LARGE 

 GERMAN, SMALL GERMAN, MARION PORT, WOLFE, 

 MONTEITH, TRYON. An old variety, probably a seed- 

 ling of Isabella; originated at York, Pa. Bunch medium 

 sized, compact and generally has a small shoulder; berry 

 of medium size, roundish oval, black, thickly covered 

 with a light bloom; juice slightly reddened, sweet, vin- 

 ous, not very rich; skin somewhat pungent and not 

 much toughness in its pulp when fully ripe, which is 

 about same time with Isabella. The vine is not very 

 hardy, short-jointed, moderately vigorous and produc- 

 tive, but often losing its leaves, and consequently fail- 

 ing to ripen its crop. Charles Canby of "Wilmington , 

 Del., introduced the same variety as Canby' s August. 

 BydSs Miza (Catskill, N. Y.,) is probably also the 

 game grape. 



