DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
NOTE TO THE READER.—The prigtiteed descriptions of our rosea a be oebepiete are HP Aaland the most complete 
y be 
that have so far appeared; but al all description by words 
dequate, and ev ven 
idk, 
ut 
= y belongs, that thes ti 
I e hav 
varie ety the species to which it seems most closely allied, or a 2 weap it miiziiedee Firs 
he 
Full -f: 
nte] ligi bl 
, therefore, “ts with 
SMALL CAPITALS, then the species in atk a 
nage thus: (Cord.) for Cordifolia or rather Riparia; (Labr.) for Labrusea, and (2st) for Estivalis. (a (see 
to 1 
S given the 
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scriptions of varieties which are discarded, and not propagated by us, also of new i. bitin 
se m 
0 gro 
Where the weight of Sete! re it is to show the sugar in deg 
mills by Twitchell’s acidomete 
Adirondac. (Zabdr.) Originated at Port 
Henry, Essex Co., N. Y.; (first noticed 1852.) 
Probably a seedling of the Isabella, being much 
like it in growth and = age: Ripens nie ear- 
ly—about the same tim lific 
Bunch large, oleae not fersicoratai ee 
large, oblong, black, covered with a detioéte 
bloom, transparent, with a tender pulp; thin 
skin; juicy and vinous; quality best, ‘“* when 
you can get MEM 00° »—<<Phe nearest 
approach to a foreign grape.” smann. 
Reports tai generally satisfactory. A slow, 
tender grow oung vines have mildewed, 
and older ones desks rotection. Blooms early, 
and fruit destroyed “eh late frosts. Roots very 
weak and tender. Wine, agreeable flavor, low 
in sugar and acid. 
advance. One of Mr. Rickett’s* new seedlings, a 
cross between Otto and Black Hamburg. ‘*‘A su- 
perior grape, and, as a whole, perhaps in advance of 
all his others. The berry is black, with a slight blue 
pshape roundish oval; bunch large, long and shouldered; 
Reed R. Elliot, N. ¥. 
ies large, berry medium, thin skin, scarcely any 
pulp sweet and very Sen ee the best 
y grape we have yet met with. Vine healthy, vig- 
orous and productive, but the fruit rotted badly this 
season. Fully ripe at this time, July 30, 1874.—Sam. 
Miller, Bluffton, mm ; 
Alexander. Syns: Carr, BLACK CaPE, SCHUYL- 
KILL Veoh atten yee TANTIA, SPRINGMILL CON- 
STANTIA, CLIFTON’S CONSTANTIA, TASKER’S GRAPE, 
ne 
*See Rickett’s Seedling Grapes. 
WINNE, RoTHROCK of Princ 
y might 
we refer to the natural habit of sated of bani healthy 
hing or training to a given syste 
rees on Oechsle’s siete and the acid in 
vary 
» YORK Lis- 
EVA 
BON. (Zabr.) This a was first wiiireres by Mr. 
de’ enn, on the banks of the 
Schuylkill, aear Philadelphia; before the wa 
revolution. It is not unfreque 
from the wild Fox Grap 
ntly found, asa 
ers of o 
r of the 
Papeete 
oods 
American grape culture veiene! oper ay the planting 
of this variety, at the b 
agacity to 
their former seme (in mage a Ky., 1790— 
1801 
aradibeahy > substi isuted a native vines do not 
to establi 
good wine, resembling claret, was made from the Cape, 
and it was the favorite of form 
placed by the Catawba. (The 
ey until it was dis- 
Cape is si 
milar to 
above, differing only in its s gas which is greenish. 
hite.) .Downing describes it as follows: ‘ Bunches 
rather compact, ek shouldered 
oval; skin thick, quite black; 
pulp, but juicy; makes a very fair wi 
3 berries of medium si. 
flesh with a very firm 
uite sweet 
and musky when fully ie which is not till the last of 
| October. Leaves much mo 
W. 
re downy than 
those of the 
va 
pong be = abet Prince, in his Treatise on the Vine, 
Wht 
ican grapes, but ‘‘ ig) profit ean only 
tenth of the latter variety 
Catawba and the Cape; one 
ioonbau alive. Of the two recommen 
Catawba is much the most 
lesa subject to 
rot. Both make good 
eight varieties of Amer- 
recommend the 
above, the 
productive, but the Cape 
wines.’’ 
