318 THE CULTUEE OF THE GEAFE. 



Hamburgh, is very handsome, but more sour than the 

 original. Mr. Amos "W. Stetson, of East Braintree, 

 Mass., has many seedlings- from the foreign varieties 

 coming into fruit. This gentleman exhibited a bunch 

 last season from seed of the Grizzly Frontignan, no 

 doubt crossed with the Black Hamburgh. It ripened 

 early ; was very black, medium sized, and of rich, 

 sprightly musque flavor. Several other persons have 

 seedling vines coming into bearing, and a few years will 

 show if we have anything to hope from these efforts of 

 hybridizing. These same gentlemen have, many of them. 

 Hybrid Grapes in bearing, or coming into fruit this sum- 

 mer of 1853, of crosses between the Yitis Yinifera, or 

 European sorts, and the Yitis Labrusca, or American 

 species. Judging from the variety of wood and foliage of 

 these new grapes, it does seem, that the prospect is very 

 good, that we shall soon have native hardy grapes that 

 will ripen in open culture. Some of these will be de- 

 scribed in the list of American species. 



Yitis Labeusga. — ^There are several American species 

 qf the grape, according to Prince ; and the same autlior 

 gives over one hundred varieties of this species. For 

 general cultivation, the first two on the list are the most 

 valuable ones. 



Isabella. — This is a native of South Carolina. Mr. 

 Prince, in his Treatise on the Yine, says that this grape 

 is named in honor of Mrs. Isabella Gibbs, who introduced 

 it into cultivation in New York. The berries are black 

 and oval ; the bunches are of a medium size ; it has a foxy 

 flavor. 



