DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 67 
vines. More desirable as a wine than as a table 
grape. Vines healthy, hardy, and very produc- 
tive on old, established vines; moderately vig- 
orous; foliage abundant; wood short jointed. 
It was recorded by three competent judges, Mr. 
Geo. Leick being one, that its must weighed 94°, 
with acid 4 per mill. 
Facog (Zabr.) Syn. Origin on the farm 
f Mr. Neff, near Keuka, on ‘eaeoued Lake, N. Y- 
Bunch medium; berrymedium, dark copper red. Flesh 
pulpy and somewhat foxy. Good native, early. 
Neosho. (Zstivalis.) Found growing 
wild on the farm of Mr. E. Schoenborn, near 
Neosho, Southwest Missouri. In 1868 Mr. Her- 
man Jaeger (sent grafts of this (and other vari- 
eties of wild summer grapes) to that pioneer of 
Missouri vintners, Hon. Fred. Mii 
Cultivated since that time in 
Warren and Newton counties, it never failed at, 
either place to produce large and healthy crops, 
and sen in favor every year. Mr. S. Miller 
Monies is a treasure to tle land. It is a 
true Estivalis in all its habits, resembling Nor- 
ton in wood and foliage, yet quite distinct. 
For our climate and further south it promises 
to be among the white wine grapes what the 
Cynthiana is among the red Wine grapes.” 
This is the highest praise, the best prognosti- 
cation that can be given. nch and berries 
are of the same-size as BE the bunches 
. compact, shouldered, heart-shaped. The skin 
of the berries is thin, black wit ue bloom, 
very dark, yet contains but very little coloring 
matter and less tannin; the pulp is meaty, very 
sweet and spicy, with Dut little acidity. Seeds 
rather large. The wood of the Neosho is ex- 
tremely hard and tough; it will not propagate 
from cuttings. The vine is a most vigorous 
grower when once established on its own roots, 
or successfully grafted. 
on old wood. Itis so hardy that it may be said 
to resist all the extremes of our changeable cli- 
and exempt from injury by Phylloxera. 
foliage is coarse, but of beautiful color—dark 
and glossy green, and retains its freshness till 
frost sets in. The must of this remarkable new 
grape showed 110° on Oechsle’s scale, and only 
54 mills acid on Twitchel’s acidometer. Al- 
though fermented on the husk for two days, the 
color of the wine is a beautiful golden yellow, 
has an exquisite bouquet, and a most peculiar, 
very fine ee somewhat similar to Maderia 
wine. This variety being moreover unexcelled 
in fruitfulness, even in an almost poor but 
warm and loose soil, promises to become one of 
the leading varieties among American grapes 
and with roots quite invulnerable by the Phyl- 
loxera may even become of great importance 
for France. 
Great thanks are due to Mr. Jaeger and Papa 
Miinch for having introduced this variety; but 
there exist only a few vines of it, and its propa- 
gation is so difficult that the high price will 
prevent its becoming as generally known and 
planted as it deserves. Nor should it be planted 
far north of St. Louis; it isa southern grape, 
ripens with Norton’s Virginia, and wherever 
this does not ripen it is useless to try it. 
Newark, A Hybrid of Clinton and Vinifera, raised 
in a a See Jersey. 
hardy, very productive. 
dered; berrzes m 
and vinous, of mane 
during a few 
subject to rot, at perishes, like its European parent ; 
it cannot be recommended. 
Newport. (st.) Said to beaseedling from and 
similar to Herbemont. 
North ae aye Labr.) Bunch small, 
dered; berry round, black, juicy but foxy. 
about with Hartfore Prolific. Vine, vigorous, unpro- 
ductive. 
shoul- 
Ripens 
Northern Muscadine. (Zabr.) A seed- 
ling raised by the Shakers of New Lebanon, N. 
Y. Opinions differ widely about its value. 
Papa Minch, (as we call our venerable friend, 
the Hon. Frederic Miinch,) places it as a table 
grape next to the Diana and Venango, and asa 
Wine grape far above them. Bunch medium, 
very compact, almost round; berry medium to 
large, dark amber-colored or brownish red, flesh 
pulpy and foxy, sweet, skin thick. Berries apt 
i Ripens 
of luxuriant growth, hardy and productive, free 
from rot. Its must will probably be found val- 
uable to mix, in small proportion, with some 
other variety to which it would impart, we be- . 
lieve, a fine Muscat flavor. 
North Carolina. (Zabdr.) This seedling 
originated with that veteran pomologist, J. B. 
Garber, of Columbia, Pennsylvania; belongs to 
the Isabella type, and is a showy market grape 
of fair quality. Bunch medium to large, occa- 
sionally shouldered, moderately compact; 
berries large, oblong, black with slight blue 
bloom; flesh pulpy but sweet; skin thick; 
