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DESCRIPTION 
OF VARIETIES. 77 
Union Village. Syn. SHaKer, ONTARIO. 
(Labr.) Originated among the Shakers at Un- 
ion Village, Ohio. One of the largest of the 
native grapes we have, and one of the strongest 
nches 
dered; berries very large, black} oblong; skin 
thin, covered with bloom; flesh quite sweet 
when fully ripe, and of tolerably good quality; 
ripens late and unevenly. Vine acoarse grower 
but tender, requires protection in severe win-. 
ters; often unhealthy. 
Bunch medium, ss rt, shoul- 
berry medium to large, round, white-yellowish 
in the sun, juicy, vinous acid; hard centre, aromatic 
skin. Ripens about with Isahbella.— 
Venango, or Minor’s Seedling. (Zabr.) 
An old variety, said to have been cultivated by 
the French a Venango, on Alleghany 
river,some eighty years since. Bunch m 
ct; berries above me 
ir compactness, color pale red 
a fine white sete = skin thick; flesh sweet, but 
pulpy and foxy; vine a vigorous grower, very 
pense a and productive. 
Ray’s (Labr. i em new — is being 
introduced (s7i— is by Mr. M. M. Samuels of Clin- 
n, Ky., who tigated a as follows <penie and 
aes edium size d, light amber color; skin 
thin; pulp Ba nak aad oe flavored; vines per- 
ad gd ‘abundant bearer, and a good, but not 
rampant grower.’’ This pe has been tested fora 
pos se of years yi afew individuals, in eeerens parts 
of the South, andh 
been free from soe mildew and rot; it ripens there 
about the middle of August, and was pronounced an 
excellent table grape, making also a superior wine. 
e find it quite similar to Perkins 
Weehawken. Raised by Dr. Chas. Siedhof 
of North Hoboken, N. J., from aseed of a grape 
from the Crimea— V. Vinifera. A white grape 
. of fine quali 
Its foliage is very handsome, and decidedly 
foreign i in character; its fruit fine; but only by 
on native roots, and careful nursing 
d covering in winter can we obtain some of 
it in favorable se 
White Delaware. A pure Delaware seed- 
ling, originated with Mr. Geo. W. Campbell, of 
Delaware, O., of whom we received a few vines 
of this variety in 1873. 
The vine is claimed to be much more vigor- 
ous and robust in habit than the Delaware under 
the same conditions and circumstances; its foli- 
is large, thick and heavy, resembling that 
of Catawba more than Delaware. With him it 
has so far resisted both mildew and rot in very 
unfavorable seasons, and has matured its fruit 
perfectly when both Concord and Delaware 
w 
to the old Delaware. Its only fault, he says, is 
want of size; the berries and bunches will both 
rather fall below than go above the size of Del- 
aware. In form of bunch and berry it is like 
the Delaware, compact and shouldered; color 
greenish-white, with thin white bloom. Produc- 
tive, but apparently not as subject to overbear 
as the Delaware. 
If its more vigorous habit should make this 
new variety succeed in localities where the Del- 
aware fails, then the want of size would not 
prevent, in our opinion, its becoming a very 
valable oo grape. We consider it wor- 
thy of 
le ‘White Delaware seedling has been 
raised by Mr. Herm. Yaeger of Neosho; while 
the Pee and berries closely resemble the Del- 
aw ape and size, it has otherwise every 
AEE I, of a Labrusca. 
Whitehall. (Zabr.) A new, geod black grape, 
supposed to be a chance seedling, ginated on the 
grounds of Mr. George ge in Whitehal 
ington Co., N. Y. and said to be nearly three weeks 
ahead of ‘the Hartford pela Messrs. Merrell & 
Coleman, ‘who have propagated and now offer this new 
grape, describe th 
bunch large and moderately compact, co 
ple; derrées thin skinned, an 
pulp tender, melting and sweet. _ - is said to 
— or er, hardy and free from 
ariety may oe likely be worthy the attention 
Pres aac. growers in search of x ys 
Wilmingten. (?) A white grape, o Vatadien 
the farm of Mr. Jeffries, near Wilmington, Del., Vine 
very vigorous, hardy. Bunches large, loose siouttioes 
e, rey inclining oval, green- 
ripe, act Flesh acid ; 
desirable at at the north—may be better 
8 late.— ing. 
: 
d 1 
ish-white, or when 
pungent, not 
ipen 
pe, WYOMING RED. (Zabdr.) 
ing) as 
rapidly diffused and much in demand there, as an early 
gpa 1 pe 
(Cord.) Originated in the garden n of 
PP me a Seow. Cleveland, O. The vine resembles 
_ Clinton, is hardy and productive; the fruit matures 
very early, and is less acid than Clinton; bunch medium, 
compact; berry small blac! reddish 
tinge, some pulp, vinous, juicy.— Downing. 
