122 Monroe. 
BUSHBERG CATALOGUE 
Mottled. 
Monroe. A cross between 
the Delaware and the Concord ; 
raised by Elwanger and Barry 
and described by them as fol- 
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large, 
‘ape. The 
hn B. Moore, from Concord 
seed. e illu tion is an 
exact copy fro: photograph 
w ier. eing better 
than ' Hartford,” ‘* Champi- 
on,”’ or ‘‘ Talman,” and quite 
as early, itis recommended to 
supersede these undesirable 
varieties. If has been awarded 
t premiums at many horti- 
eultural exhibitions. 
beak caro ate with peagenne 
dew said vot rot than its parent. 
_ “A profuse bearer, ripening with tae rare. It will 
hangal long time after ripe, and keeps unusually well.” 
A size very compact, slightly shoul- 
a> ff J distine tly 4 a 
we 
_ tled when held to the light, with different shades. of re: 
| Ormaroon while ripening, but nearly a uniform dark 
: 1 i weet, juicy, 
flavor, always rather pulpy 
thick. Season late, ripen. 
d acid at :thecentre, Skin 
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MOORE’S EARLY.. 
ing with N n’s Virginia. Hangs well to the bunch, 
and improves by being left long on the vine; more 
— aS a wine than as a table grape. Vines 
y, moderately vigorous, and productive; 
illness abu lent. ; wood short -jointed. 
It is recorded by three competent judges, George 
— ae one, that its must wei ghed 94°, with acid 
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