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CATALOGUE. 
Golden Drop. 
Framingham, Perhaps not identical with, but 
only a reproduction of, the Hartford Prolific—at least 
so closely resembling it that itshould not “tie been 
introduced as a new variet 
Franklin. (Rip.) Vine has — the habit and 
growth of Clinton; not as good a bearer. Bunch small, 
not very compact ; get oe pera quite acid, 
austere ; unworthy.—Downin 
Gaertner. (Rogers’ emer ee ee Hybrid 
between White Chasselas wild Labrus- 
ea. The Hon. Marssall P. Wilder described it 
as follows: bunch gocd size; berry medium to 
large; color light brown or red; skin thin; 
flavor pleasant and aromatic; season rather 
early ; vine healthy and productive. 
Gazelle. Oneof Rickett’s hybrids, produced 
— years ago but neglected, and remaining 
about a year since. Sam. Miller, 
to whom he gave a plant or graft of this his 
almost forgotten child, says itis SPLENDID. 
Bunch large ; berry about the size of Herbemont; 
Goethe. (Rogers’ Hybrid No.1.) This very 
valuable variety is, perhaps, more unique and 
shows in its fruit more of the character of the 
E 
beautiful clusters and berries, free from imper- 
— of any kind, provided it has a good rich 
are feeble, and in clayey soil may. perhaps, be- 
come a prey to the Phylloxera. The vine isa 
most vigorous grower, making stout and long | 
veloped laterals. Wood 
canes, with well-de 
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_ this Catalogue. 
bunches are 
5 eee not quite —— y ack 
dered ; berries very large, oblong, ofa yellowish= 
green, sometimes blotched, with a pale red to- 
ward the sun and entirely red when fully ripe; 
skin thin, translucent; flesh tender and melt- 
ing throughout; few seeds ; sweet, vinous, and 
juicy, with a peculiar, delicious aroma. Spe- 
er Eoemine of must 78°; altogethera mMosT 
LE grape for the Middle Atlantic States, 
a ‘Ohio and lower Missouri valleys, both 
for the table and for wine. 
Golden Clinton. Syn., Kiya. (Rip.) A seedling 
from the Clinton closely resembling it, but with this 
Speer that its 
is saying: aracter given by 
those bac ing introduced it. Bunches small, scanty, 
and irre ; berries small and of inferior quality. 
Not Piamad ” 
Golden Drop. Fgadga A Fg of recent intro- 
Peet _describe as an early w pe, raised by 
in 1869, from the ve abi — = the 
Delaw In 
native and 
GOLDEN DROP. 
(Actual size.) is . 
is admired by such as are fond of the ct ae 
of the 
cate flavor of some foreign sorts. Its surpassing 
earliness makes it valuable for planting in our north- 
districts 
erm 
are sare to ripen thoroughly every year.—Bliss & Son. 
