1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



203 



DELAWARE. 



Universally acknowledged to "itand at the head of all American grapes in point of 

 quality. For the home garden a few vines of this variety are indispensable, for it is 

 the most excellent of dessert varieties. It is also one of the highest priced grapes in 

 our markets, often bringing more than double the price of the Concord. It is however, 

 not very much grown in our commercial vineyards, because the foliage is badly subject 

 bo thrip and the yield is only moderate. On rich deep soils, well drained, however, 

 with high cultivation, thinning and close pruning, it is productive and profitable. 

 It should be planted much closer than the Concord. Vines of the latter variety are 

 usually planted ten feet apart, while the Delaware may be set five or six feet apart. 



Origin: unknown. Name from 

 Delaware, Ohio, where in 1855 it 

 was first brought into notice, 

 though not disseminated until ten ^jijjjj 

 years later. It was firs* found in 

 a garden in Frenchtoivn, N. J. 

 The Bushberg Catalogue thinks it 

 a natural cross between Labrusca 

 and Vinifera, a native American 

 and a European variety. 



Vine : moderate grower ; foli- 

 age delicate, subject to thrip ; wood 

 slender, hardy, a regular, some- 

 times an abundant bearer. 



BtiNCH : small, compact, usual- 

 ly shouldered. 



Bbkrt : small ; - round ; skin 

 thin; color a beautiful light red, 

 with whitish bloom, translucent; 

 pulp, sweet, sprightly, aromatic; 

 juice abundant, sweet, vinous. 



Quality : dessert good. 



Value : market first class. 



Season : September 



Adaptation: general throughout the grape sections. 



Delaware. 



