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grape of superior value, larger only in size of 
bunch and berries, yet of the quality of the Del- 
aware, was, and probably ever will be, doomed 
to disappointment. All its seedlings show more 
or less of 
origin, in 
part, from this species ; although many eminent 
Horticulturists and Botanists class the Dela- 
ware with #stivalis, (others with Riparia). 
It is true that the Delaware leaf seems more 
pa songs to ist. ; its wood is harder, m 
diffi propagate, and the tendrils are fe 
DIANA. 
continuous, (nor are they regularly intermit- 
tent); but we find a remarkable parallel case 
in ‘‘ Sheppard’s Delaware,” raised from seed of 
Catawba by J. N. Sheppard, in 1853, from whom 
Charles Downing received it, with its history, 
and says: ‘“‘ The vine and fruit are similar in 
all respects to Delaware.” The ‘‘ White Dela- 
ware,” a new variety, raised by G. W. Camp- 
bell from seed of Delaware, ae large, _ 
raised by Hi. Jaeger, of Neosho, shows the same 
characteristics, and the fruit has a musky flavor. 
Diana. (Zabr.) A — of 
Catawba, raised b . Di 
riety of grape in cultivation in 
regard to which there is a greater 
diversity of opinion, and its vari- 
ableness fully warrants all that 
is said about i 
ence is often observable in the 
same ee and from no ap- 
parent ca 
The Fd seems to do best in 
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occasionally shouldered; berries 
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that is very strong until the fruit 
is fully ripe, and then often offen- 
sive to some tastes. Colors its 
fruit early, but does not really 
mature much earlier than the Ca- 
tawba. Vine a vigorous grower, 
requiring much room and long 
pruning, and increases in pro- 
ductiveness and good quality, as 
heavy and long, with few “sme 
and a very large pith. It is not 
as productive, nor quite as large 
in bunch and berry as its parent, 
