DESCRIPTION 
OF VARIETIES. 61 
It colors very early, but its Sa of ripening 
is later than the Concord. The vine is remark- 
ably healthy and hardy; astrong, coarse grower, 
res 
thick, spreading, and of errs hard Lextare: 
Liber thick, but firm; pushes new spongioles 
rapidly and hence offers good resins to the 
Phylloxera; it does not seem to be an early 
bearer, four-year old vines of 3 variety pro- 
beautiful deep red color, but « foxy taste and 
t 80°. 
odor; must 
THE IVES’ GRAPE. 
alamazoo. (Zabr.) Raised from seed of Ca- 
fois by Mr. Dixon, an Englishman, = ge gee 
Vhio.. The fruit is larger than the Cata and grow: 
in bunches larger than those of that vanity: and more 
marked in the peculiar raga of its dee 
skin thick; flesh soft, not quite ten 
- Pom Society Report (1871), it is said to 
ripen 10 days earlier; seaoadl Agricul- 
ture Report, 1872 (p. 
later than the Catawba! 
correct, as we did not try this 
vine is said t i 
productive, 
variety ourselves. 
o be a vigorous grower, hardy and vary 
Kilvington. (?) Origin unknown. Bunch medium, 
tolerably compact; berry small, round, dark red, with a 
bloom; flesh pulpy, halt tender, vinous.—Do 
Kingsessing. (Zabr.) Bunch long, loose, shoul- 
dered; berry m ——S round, pale red, with a bloom; 
flesh pulpy.—Dow 
> nee . Cord. Seedling from Franklin; bunch 
and berry medium, derry round, black; flesh acid, juicy. 
Labe. (7?) Bunch rather small, short, oblong; 
berries medium, loosely set, sa flesh half tender, 
pulpy, sharp, sweet t.—Dow 
“Lady.” <A new white grape, purchased by 
r. Geo. W. Campbell, from a Mr. Imlay, of 
ik iosuin County, O., who has fruited it for 
six poate and first offéired to the public in the 
fall of 1874. Mr. Ca a introduces it with 
the ger oe encomiu 
“Tt isa pure Comber seedling, and has all 
the vigor, health and hardiness of its parent. 
The vine, in its habit of growth, foliage, and 
general appearance, is scarcely distinguishable 
from the Concord. 
s¢ After ear years careful testing and observa- 
it as the very best 
_ earlier, more productive, and at the same 
me free from that foxiness ey ates the 
‘ice tha objectionable to m hesi- 
tation in recommending . he the zi exten- 
sive culture, feeling assured that it will succeed 
perfectly in all localities where the fe can 
e grown with good success. By reason of its 
earlier pee several days niet ‘Hartford 
even, it wi e found especially ee to 
northern — where Concord does not al- 
ways mature.¢ In size of berry it gs even 
larger than Concord; in size of cluster, on young 
endured, raeeats rrecoatdes the severe cold of the 
* The 
seb ord arte: 32° belo 
+ our latitude this very aioe canibicn desirable, 
Peta for wine making. 
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