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pounds, -when the stake system is practiced, or twenty to thirty pounds to the vine on 



trellises. 



VARIETIES. 



Ad irondac— Black ; bunches uniform and large ; berries . arge size, very sweet and 

 tender ; ripens about the same time as the Hartford Prolific. 



Clinton.— Bunches small and very compact; berries small, sprightly; keeps well; 

 one of the most free, rapid growers and profuse bearers ; ripens earlier than the 

 Isabella. 



Concord. — Taking all things into consideration, this is our favorite grape. It 

 yields enormous crops on any Soil — even with neglect — of large, glossy, daTk purplish 

 or blue fruit. Flavor, ■whenjuUy ripe, we pronounce delicious — as good as the famous 

 Delaware in tliis latitude. Bunches extremely large, and mostly shouldered and very 

 compact ; thin skin, and flesh very, tender and buttery ;r vine. very hardy and, vigorous. 

 Ripens in this section from the 1st to the 10th of September. 



Catawba. — One of the best native grapes, where the season is long enough for it to 

 ripen perfectly. Bunches medium size and quite regularly formed, with a few shoul- 

 ders ; fruit round, with a reddish or coppery color when ripe ; flesh pulpy, with a very 

 sweet, musky flavor. ' 



Creveling. — Another season's trial has satisfied us that this is one of the best and 

 most delicious early sorts grown. Bunches about the same size of Hartford Prolific, 

 but growing with us more compact ; black, with a bluish bloom ; pulp light red, tender, 

 sprightly and rich. It is claimed by some that it should be grown near the Concord, 

 Hartf or* or Isabella, as the flowers are not perfect. , 



Delaware. — This fruit has fully maintained its high reputation as one ot the finest 

 of our native grapes. The vine is comparatively slender, but grows freely. It proves 

 quite hardy in this climate, and ripens two or three weeks before tie Isabella. Bunch 

 small and compact; berries small, light red, with a vi®:et.biOom— beautifnl ; sweet, 

 Bugary and vinous, with a musky aroma ; equal to the finest foreign varieties. It justly 

 claims the best place in every garden. 



Diana. — A very delicious and fine light-colored <late- grape. • Its great value is its 

 long keeping qualities. We have seen it in April as fresh and fine as when picked from 

 the vine. Bunches medium and very compaetj^flavor of a honey sweetness, and color 

 about the same as the Catawba. 



Hartford Prolific. — A very valuable grape on account of its extreme earliness. 

 Fruit similar to the Isabella, but ripens two or three weeks earlier. Vine hardy and 

 productive. 



lona. — A seedling of the Catawba. It is a red grape; skin thin; pulp tender and 

 exceedingly rich, with a peculiar delicious aroina ; berry good size and very uniform ; 

 bunch large and beautiful, with one, and very often two shoulders. Early and very 

 desirable. 



Israella. — Described by Charles Downing as follows : " Ripens as early as the Hart- 

 ford Prolific, (one of the earliest of American grapes,) or before it ; beginning to color 

 about one week earlier ; but also superior in flavor, with handsomer and more compact 

 bunch, adhering well, and keeping a long time after ripening ; it will be more valuable 

 and, from present experience, I think it will prove the best early.variety for this pur- 

 pose I have yet seen." Again: "Both lona and Israella have so far proved hardy 

 vigorous, and the foliage has been less injured by mildew than Delaware and most 

 other sorts." 



Ives' Seedling. — Regarded as the best wine grape; hardy and productive; about 

 same season as Isabella. 



i. Isabella. — Bunches long, large, loose; berries large, oval, juicy, sweet and musky. 

 | A vigorous grower, hardy and immense bearer ; one of the most popular of all oui 

 I native varieties. 



