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Alvty. — Southern. Bunch large ; berry medium or less, black ; fine fla- 

 vor; promising for wine. 



Anna. — New York. Poor grower ; bunch rather small ; berry large, am- 

 ber yellow; very sweet. 



Arkansas. — Vine vigorous, productive; berry small, black, resembling 

 Norton ; promises well for wine. 



August Pioneer. — Black, early; not otherwise desirable; foxy. 



Baldwin Lenoir. — Thrifty, hardy and healthy; very rich in sugar. 



Blacit Haivk. — Pennsylvania, from Concord. Said to be earlier; very 

 promising vine. 



Black King. — Early ; bunch small ; berry medium ; foxy. 



Blackstone, — Early ; black ; poor and foxy. 



Bland. — Virginia. An old variety of excellence, but not profitable ; ten- 

 der ; bunch large, loose ; berry large, purple, sweet. 



Blood^s Black. — Like Mary Ann ; early; bunch compact; berry rather 

 Urge, round, black ; a market grape ; vine hardy and productive. 



Brackett's. — Late, large, and resembles the Union Village. 



Brinkle. — Pennsylvania ; Bunch large, compact ; berry large, round, black, 

 sweet. 



Brown. — One of the Isabella style. 



California Rosea. — Cincinnati. Thrifty and vigorous, productive ; bunch 

 large; berry large, red; very fine. 



California White. — Originated with the above; bunch full, medium ; berry 

 large, yellow; very fine. 



Caniy's August, or Tork Madeira. — Early, black ; good size. 



Cape. — Much planted in the early vineyards ; hardy, productive ; berry 

 round, black ; pulp firm ; has made a very good red wine. 



Carpenter. — New York. Appears to be a foreign variety. 



Cassaday. — ^Vigorous, but not free from mildew; bunch medium; berry 

 full medium, white, sweet; foxy; makes a good white wine, says Hussman. 

 Cata-wha. — N. Carolina. This excellent variety is too well known to 

 need a description ; few sorts equal it in flavor and other good qualities. 

 Its failure, from rot, has discouraged planters from increasing it, but no one 

 ■hould destroy a vineyard of this fine grape. 



Charlotte. — Ohio. Very like Diana. 



Charter Oak. — Connecticut. An enormous fox-grape, and nothing more. 



Chillicothe. — Ohio. Bunch long, loose ; berry medium, oval, dark purple 



Christina. — Pennsylvania. Large, black, early; a fox-grape. 



0ara. — Pennsylvania. Has a very foreign air ; bunch long, loose ; berry 



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