Venango. tes 
DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
White. 143 
variety is, so far, untried and unknown 
in the West. It seems worthy of a trial, as itis 
very early, of good quality; the vine a hardy, 
strong grower; the leaf large, downy, and free 
from mildéw. 
The accompanying engraving is a true copy 
from a Mec! of a medium sized bunch. 
go, s Seedlimg. (Labr.) An 
oan eee: madd piles sed cultivated by the French 
at Fort Venango, on Alleghany river, more t 
years since, but should be discarded now, when so 
mpact ; und, often flattened 
their compactness; color pale red, afine white bloom; 
skin thick and tough; ; flesh sweet but pulpy and foxy. 
Vine a vigorous grower, very hardy, healthy and pro- 
ductive. 
Vialla. (Rip.) A Franco-American variety, 
ended as a 
recomm grafting-stock ; resembles 
the Franklin, and is’ by some supposed to be 
; eontend thatit is dis- 
i to in, as 
Herault, ri whens hone M. 
the Vialla nor the Clinton-Vialla as his pro- 
ductions. 
Victor. See Early Victor. : 
Vict y’s. (Labr.) This variety has been 
introduced (1872) by M. M. Samuels, of Clinton, me: 
who — itas follows: * Bunches and berries 
dium size, round, light amber color; ukin tlic: ohie 
tender, sweet, and highly favored ; vine perfectly 
weg yd This grape has now been tested for a 
number of years in different parts of the south, and 
the Muscats. Vine very vigorous, hardy, healthy and 
rather 
bunch medium, long, shouldered berry 
oval, — with thin blue bloom ; flesh 
The bunches 
dium ,to 
crisp, juicy, sweet, vin us, refreshing. 
want thinning out ‘unubieniog 
Ricketts consi stone of the Dest black grape 
for amateur and 
Crimea, V. 
Its foliage is very handsome, 
character ; its fruit fine; but only by grafting it on 
caanaghics roots, and careful nursing and covering in win- 
ter, 
Welcome. ( (Finifer Hybrid.) An exotic grape, 
raised by Jam i being a cross 
Pope’s fiaroned= Canon Hall-Muscat 
be grown in a cold or hot grapery only ; for southern 
successful, A 
California, however, it may prove very sui 
vine planted at San Sab: a 
orous growth, and the fruit is pronounced the very 
best ; the bunch large, compact ; the berry large, round- 
ish-oval, black with a thick grayish bloom ; flesh very 
tender, juicy, sweet, refreshing, vinous, rich, aroma- 
. amst-cl: fi 
above t the: pore Delaware. In form of bunch and berry 
hite with thin white bloom. Ripens early. 
Rot ery pues 
7 WW: 1 ee 
sae bunch and 
Jaeger, of 
Pg? ae Neosho ; 
berries cc closely resemble the Delaware in — cies 
has, 
both mildew and rot; it ripens there about the mid- 
dle of Pe ie am has i et by some an 
Tt resembles Ven enango, and belongs to tothe same form 
of Labrusca as that variety and Perkins 
e’s Hybrid, produced by M. Vivie in France, — 
wens , some called Vivie’s Hartford ; said to be of very 
vee growth, very productive, and. its grape of good 
of medium size in bunch and berry iiady oblowge 
fiesh breaking, ronnie Bae Report, 1881. | 
Hybr.) One of Ricketts’ first efforts | 1 ng 
: growers in search of very early sorts 
1. air) Anearly black grape, sup- 
Whitehall 
- posed to be a chance seedling, originated on 
. Goodale, in Washington Coa, Aes, 
grounds of Geo. 
and said yogic ema the Hart- 
ford Prolific. Merrell & Coleman, who have i 
fruit to be of ris es of 
bunch large and — ones 
thin-skinn: 
has eres very productive nor as early as was > 
claimed 
