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brown, with a purplish bloom; skin of medium 
thickness; flesh juicy, sweet and almost without 
pulp; leaf large, thick and whitish underneath; 
canes reddish brown, short jointed ; buds prom- 
inent; ripens with the Delaware, which it some- 
t resembles. 
Carpenter, Kelley’s Island. As this new pe 
has not yet been tested in different localities, we 
can not recommend it, except as an interesting 
novelty to amateurs; and its being supposed to 
be a cross between the Catawba and Isabella 
gives us but little confidence in its hea 
Howell. (Labr.) Origin unknown; Bunch and 
berry medium; oval, black; skin thick ; flesh with firm 
Downing. 
pulp, pleasant. Good. Middle September.— 
Humboldt. (Zst.) very interesting 
new seedling ef the Louisiana, raised by Fr. 
Muench, described by him as of very vigorous 
growth, healthy and hardy, free of rot or leaf 
blight. Bunch, below medium; berries me- 
dium, of light green color, and of finest quality. 
Huntingdon. (Cord.) A new grape of the 
Clinton class. Bunch small, 
Vine a vigorous grower, 
helt, aie and productive; promises well 
HMyde’s Eliza. See: York Madeira. 
Imperial. A white seedling from Iona and Sarbelle 
Muscat, by we, Ricketts, of Newburgh, N.Y. Bunch 
0 seeds (?); upton: 
did flavor, nes traces of the Tona-Museat aroma; vine 
hardy; 
icketts’ collection, according to Mr. 
Williams, editor of the Horticulturist. 
Irwing. (Underhill’s 8-20.) A 
most showy and attractive new white 
hill, of Croton Point, New York, in 
the spring of 1863; fruited first in 1866. 
The character of the very large cluster 
is seen by the engraving (about one- 
half reduced in size). The berry is 
— considerably larger than Con- 
Pui has large, thick falinegs; with 
‘dow n the under side. Fruit 
ripens rather late, between the Isabella 
and Catawba, and keeps well in win- 
ter; it has a vinous flavor, and is quite 
fleshy when perfectly ripe. We con- 
sider this far more caper ying of dissem- 
ination than his ‘Croton.’ 
aca. A new seedling raised b 
y Dr 
8. J. Parker, Ithaca, N. Y.; described by its 
originator as in bunch and b 
se! 
past the new varieties likely to be brought 
forward. 
