Brant. W7 
e Vi- 
Bland. DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
- (Labr.?) Syn. Buanp’s Vireinia, Buann’s {| They resist so far the Phylloxera, although 
M BA, LAND’s Pate Rep, Pow It is said to | one of their parents is undoubtedly of th 
have been found on the eastern <I irginia, by 
anging 
rather thinly; skin thin, at first pale green, om pale 
red when ripe; flesh slightly pulpy, of a pleasant, 
sprightly, delicate flavor, and with little or no musk 
scent, but a slight astringency ; ripens late; foliage 
lighter green than that of Catawba, smoo ther and 
ripen pte in the North, and 
has been lost and abandoned Sout 
Blood’s Black. (Zabr.) Bunch medium, com- 
pep d o Ann, and has oft 
founded wit 
en been con- 
Blue Dyer. (Rip.) Bunch medium ; berries small 
black, very dark juice, promises well for wine.—Hus- 
mann, (One of many unfulfilled promises!) 
Blue Favorite. aor : Bye Southern eres: Vine 
vigorous, Buery oe hk aboye medi erries 
medium, Hee ail sweet, vinous; much 
ripe South in September (dies not 
amon Nort) said to be esteemed for wine making 
—Down 
Blue Imperial. (Zadr.) Origin uncertain. Vine 
vigorous, free from mildew, not productive. Bunches 
medium, short; berry large, round, black; flesh with a 
hard a cid centre or pulp; ripens with Hartfo rd. In- 
hie Pesiata. 
Brant. (Arnold’s Hybrid No.8.) Seedling 
of Clinton crossed with Black oe Peters. The 
ardy; vine stro; 
grower and suficienty productive The bun 
hangs firmly tot ill fall, and the 008 er 
ries adhere well a rit =r Our illustration 
grape, in fact the earliest ofall with us, and it 
would be the most profitable if the birds would 
itis worthy of the attention of grape-gro 
Our friend Champin gives us a very favora- 
ble report of this variety in Northern France 
(Dréme), where the Brant and its sister the 
Canada deserve to be cultivated extensively. 
nifera class, and during the six years that he 
cultivated them they have increased from year 
In 
BRANT. 
naa but little indented and lobed, while 
