68 BUSHBERG CATALOGUE. 
THE NORTH CAROLINA SEEDLING. 
hangs well to the bunch, and will keep well and 
carry to market in d condition. Ripens 
early, coloring a few days before the Concord. 
Vine an enormous grower, hardy, healthy, and 
very productive; requires long pruning and 
“‘plenty to do.” Roots abundant, thick, firm, 
with a tolerably hard liber; seems a good resist- 
‘ antto Phylloxera. Canes of medium thickness, 
long and rambling, with an average comple- 
ment of laterals. Wood firm with a medium 
The initiated can also make a good Mus- 
catell wine of it. Must, 84°. 
Norton, or Norton’s Virginia. Origin- 
ated from seed of a wild grape (from the forests 
by him to public notice about forty-five years 
ago. It made but little progress until about 
twenty-five years ago, when Mr. Heinrichs and 
Dr. Kehr brought it, each a few sprigs, to our 
Herman vine-dressers. This little insignificant 
looking grape, pronounced worthless by Mr 
Longworth, the father of American grape cul- 
