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THE ILLINOIS FAKMER. 



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OFFICKES FOR 1863. 



President, Henry T. Mudd, St. Louis ; Vice Pres- 

 idents, B. F. Edwards, St. Louis, Missouri ; George 

 Husmann, Hermann, Missouri ; 0. H. P. Lear, 

 Hannibal, Mo.; Isaac Snedecker, Jersey ville, HI.; 

 William Hadley, Collinsville, 111. Corresponding 

 Secretary, L. D. Morse, Allenton, Mo. Recording 

 Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. Muir, Fo.x Creek, 

 Missouri. W. C. Flagg. 



We are under many obligations to Mr. F. for 



this excellent report. — Ed. 



Hardiest Varieties of Native Grapes 

 for Culture at the North. 



Flushing, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1863. 

 M. L. Dunlap, Esq., Champaign, Illinois : 



Dear Sir : I now send you a descriptive list of 

 the varieties of the Grape as are well suited by 

 their hardihood and earliness to succeed in your 

 State, and in all the coldest regions of our country. 

 Many hardy Fox and other varieties are omitted 

 on account of their inferiority or worthlessness. 



Wm. R. Prince. 



T denotes table or eating grapes. 



W denotes those best for wine. 



T & W those suitable for both. 

 ,^riadne, T and W — Above medium, purple, fair 

 for table and fine for wine. 



Alvey or Hagar, T — Black, very good and great- 

 ly esteemed. 



Adirondack, T and W — Dark, soft pulp, juicy, 

 no sweetness nor aroma, but little flavor. 



Albino, T — White, very good for table. 



Alexander, T and W — ^Black, fair table, fine 

 wine. 



Ariadne, T. & W — Black, sweet, fine wine. 



August Coral, T — Red, very early, honied sweet, 

 estimable. 



Baldwin — See York Madeira. 



Black Guignard, W — Makes superior black wine. 



Black King, T and W— Early Small, good. 



Bowman T — Dark purple, quite early and very 

 good. 



Black Imperial, T — Earliest black, very large and 

 sweet, estimable. 



Braddock — Very early, purplish, sweet, good. 



Carter's Favorite — Black, fair table and fine 

 wine. 



Canby's August — See York Madeira. 



Catawissa or Creveling, T — Black and earliest 

 and finest market berry. 



Clinton, T and W — Black, very early and fair 

 table and fine wine. 



Cassady, T — Greenish white, sweet and very 

 good. 



Concord, T and W — Black and large and very 

 good, fine for wine and hangs long. 



Coriell, T — Very large and deep purple, excel- 

 lent. 



Cunningham, T and W — Black and small, excel- 

 lent. 



Early Amber or Northern Muscadine, (Shakers) 

 T and W — Dull amber, rather sweet, somewhat 

 foxy, but little flavor and drops ofi: 



Elizabeth or Hart's White, T — Dull white, sweet 

 and estimable but very variable, best in dry soils 

 and makes weak wine. 



Elsenburg, T and W — Black, early and small, 

 sweet and excellent. 



. Empire, T — Dark, very large and sweet at ma- 

 turity, hangs long and improves. 



Eugenia, T — Black, early, sweet and good. 



Franklin, T and W — Dark blue medium, early 

 and sweet, good strong grower. 



Golden Clinton or White King, T — Yellowish 

 and small, mild acid, pleasant 



Gridley, T and W — Purple, small and round, 

 quality like Clinton. 



Hannah, T — Dark purple, beautiful, sweet and 

 very good. 



Holmes or Fox, T and W — Purple and large, 

 good for wine and preserves. 



Hartford Prolific, T and W — Black and large, 

 very early and very good, in some soil drops early 

 and in some not. 



Kilburn and Kitchen or Fox, W — Black and 

 largo, good for wine and preserves. 



Labe, T — Black, large and very good. 



Lake's Seedling, T — Black, large and. early and 

 very sweet. 



Logan, T — Dark purple, early and quality like 

 Isabella. 



Marion Black, W — Very black and round, early 

 and astringent dark juice, makes good wine. 



Marion Purple, T and W — Deep Purple, ovate, 

 quality of Isabella but much earlier. 



Mayam, T — Back, large and early. 



Monteith, T — Dark, early, medium and sweet. 



Miles, T — Black and very early medium and 

 pleasant. 



North America, T and W — Black, Large, early 

 and sweet. 



Norton's Virginia, T and W — Black, small and 

 early, good table when matured, very superior for 

 wine, heavy crop and hangs long. 



Narcisse, T — Very dark, large, very sweet and 

 delicious. 



Oporto, W — Black, medium, dark colored strin- 

 gent juice, makes wine like Port. 



Osmond, T and W — Dark, medium and very 

 good. 



Osmond, T and W — Dark, medium, very good. 



Perkins or Fox, T — Bronze red, very large, early 



