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for best results: probably the best all around grape to-day, all things 

 considered. It should have a place in every private garden and be plant- 

 ed largely for market purposes; one of the choicest table fruits and also 

 makes the best 'Bine; it is now being planted extensively by large grow- 

 ers. 



Goethe (Rogers' No. 1.) Vines strong growers; productive, and buds 

 hardy; buni^h usually large, shouldered, compact; berries large, oval, 

 yellowish green tinged with red on one side, amber-colored when fully 

 ripe; skin thin but firm; fiesh sweet, juicy, with high aromatic flavor. 

 One of the best keepers and of best quality for both table and wine. 



Woodruff Red. — A large, red, handsome grape, flavor sprightly and 

 pleasant; valuable for the home table and for market; vines strong 

 growers; buds hardy; exceedingly productive. 



Wyoming Red. — The earliest good red Grape we grow; bunch small, 

 skin bright red, fruit sweet; valuable for home use on account of its ex- 

 treme earliness; vine a good grower and buds hardy. 



WHITE VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 



Duchess. — Exceptionally desirable for the home use on account of 

 its delicious flavor; bunch medium to large, long, compact, shouldered; 

 berries medium, quality best; ripens a little later than Concord; vine 

 a good grower and productive. Keeps a long time after being gathered. 



Empire State. — Bunch medium long, compact; berries medium; quali- 

 ty best; valuable for home use or for market; vines strong, healthy grow- 

 ers and exceedingly productive; a hardy variety; makes a very fair wine. 



Green Mountain. — It stands at the head of the list for earliness, good 

 bearing and vigorous, healthy growth. The berries of medium size, color 

 greenish white; skin thin, and leaving no unpleasantness whatever in the 

 mouth when eaten; one of the choicest flavored White Grapes; valuable 

 for the home table and for commercial purposes, for which it is being 

 planted extensively; vines are vigorous, productive and hardy; a reliable 

 White Grape that should be in every collection. 



Lady. — An early White Grape, hardy and productive; excellent in 

 flavor; very desirable for home use; a high class grape and desirable for 

 the private garden; needs high culture; a moderate grower. 



Lady Washington. — A late White Grape. Bunch very large, compact, 

 double-shouldered; berries large, yellowish green, with thin white bloom; 

 flesh tender, sweet, juicy; vines rather frail growers, but with good foli- 

 age; ripens rather late for the Northern latitude, but succeeds well in 

 many localities at the South and Southwest, where it is a valuable market 

 fruit. 



Moore.'s Diamond. — A prolific bearer, bunches large, handsome and 

 compact, slightly shouldered; color delicate, greenish white; vines strong 

 growers and hardy; a good market grape. 



Niagara. — Bunch very large and handsome; berries large, round; skin 

 thin, melting, sweet; ripens with Concord, and is perhaps the most gen- 

 erally planted White Grape for market purposes; vines are exceptionally 

 strong, vigorous growers and immensely productive; adapted to a wide 

 range of country, and succeeding admirably North and South; known as 

 the White Concord. 



Pocklington. — Pale green; berries very large; flesh juicy, sweet, 

 with considerable pulp, and foxy; grown largely for market in some sec- 

 tions ; makes a very fair quality of wine ; vines are strong, productive and hardy. 



