Catawba. 
DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
Centennial. 81 
to the conclusion, based upon careful ob- 
servation, that the diseased and enfeebled roots 
of the Catawba are caused by the disturbed 
development of the mildewed tops, and not by 
the Phylloxera. Where mildew does not pre- 
vail, as on the islands of Lake Erie, on the lake 
shore, ig the Catawba is still and will de- 
edly main for years a come the leading 
variety for ak and for wi 
The late Dr. Warder rine aid, that the 
Bunches large, moderately compact, shoul- 
dered; berri ium, round, deepr 
eovered with lila Skin moderasaly 
thick ; flesh slightly — sweet, juicy, with 
a rich, vinous, and somewhat musky - 
SB “in favorable season 
more than the average size. po ranges from 
m 
tawba, and only pretended seedlings, under a 
new name; ers are so nearly identical as not to re- 
quire description. cet this class belong: 
Fancher, claimed t early Catawba. 
Keller's White ; Mead’s ap es Merceron. 
' Mammoth Catawba of Hermann, very large in bunch 
and berry, but otherwise inferior to the parent. 
a exhibited in 1867 at the Indiana State Fair. 
Saratoga 
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Bisaak. a Misso 
White Catawba, raised by John E. aa. and aban- 
doned by himself as being i its paren’ 
.) Originated in the yard of H. P- 
ay phia, as a chance seedling. Bune 
medium, very compact, sometimes Fe 
round. pale green d with 
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t th e are proof of this, 
At the moment that w : areas agg ae 
hich we transiate: 
the Mildew ( ) 
c. the appy 
A ildew infected 
Q Lense in 26 s ee ie ate, 
hope that this will bea 
assuming, give us us greater confide ence than pedo 
Cee ea 
very ripe its color changes to light yellow; 
iw’ thick and leathery, pulpy, but with a peculiar 
paee aloes which no other grape posseses in 
—— with the Catawba. Vine a 
oderat te grower; a abrusca in habit and foliage; 
immensely shale ay so much so that nearly every 
ut several branches, with from 
i) xh 
drop prematurely, and the fruit will not ripen. 
This grape is 
placed by new and ase varieties. It is said to be he 
parent of the * tagara”’ 
The ‘ Arrott 7 mahiea d de ‘Cassady very much. 
Catawissa. See Creveling. 
eran ea e—A roma new gra’ sage raised by 
D. S. Marwin, Wat , N. ¥., by him to 
belong to nee fale oss type of Vitis manane (a seed- 
ling of the £ 
elaware, certainly com 
NO foreign grape), and oe asic sent to us for testing. 
No plants of this v as yet offered for sale. 
(First fi in Rural New Yorker, 1882. 
Vine described as a vigorous erowel: with heavy, 
rend collage very fertile, rere to overbear; has 
‘w on its lea t no signs of rot in 
. The arge, of fine conical 
shape, always compact; the berries path sant e medium, 
und; skii 
ar han e color, almost 
beer — a light pink shade; flesh ie very sweet, 
resembling the Delaware in flavor. It ripens 
Con- 
or winter use. The Centennial prom- 
to be valuable both as a table grape and also for 
wine, its only nga fault being that the seeds are 
rather large and numerous. 
haar introducing the Centennial (in fall of 1882) 
Marwin 
secur the same time with or a few days later than 
ord and keeps 
ot approve of multiplying PAasiese unless 
“they are e improvemen . During ny any 
* ments I ha ior to 
Pleceim. death aceog ** *I donot claim that ‘the Cen- 
‘ect, pel deem it 
oi here as the Concord, and seems about as exempt 
** from mildew, 
‘“* * ® The reproductive organs seem perfect, there 
© as well orthern J ew York, real 
bi in BteYy I will follo 
“The grape was awarded 
Penrose Ph drageaior 
* # _ At the po liye remy ameter 
Coe goles new grape should 
. charac 
| should : 
* from. giving certificates as to fruits that, from thena- 
Pans ture of the circumstances, they know little about.” 
Tene pol th riginator, 
have in new, varieties, an 
d we recommend the Centen- 
= Kot Cesare, a errno ant nn 
