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ba or Isabella. This is considered a native Aumerican 
grape, and bears a strong resemblance to the Hlsenberg, 
but is by no means so hardy. It makes a dark-red wine 
of inferior flavor when new, but improving by age. 
Pond’s Seedling is a large, round purple grape, with a 
thin skin and rich pungent flavor, well adapted to the 
table, and promising to make good wine. 
The Herbemont Grape is a small, round, purple, sweet, 
juicy grape, without pulp, tender flesh, and makes a fair 
wine, common in Ohio. 
Norton’s Virginia Seedling bears bunches of medium 
size, compact and shouldered, with berries small, purple, 
sweet, but with pulp. It makes an inferior wine. 
There are still other varieties of native American 
grapes enjoying more or less general celebrity. Among 
these are the Tasker, and the Schuylkill, which differ but 
little from each other. 
At the meetings of the National Congress of Fruit-grow- 
ers, in 1854, the grapes recommended as of the first quality 
and best adapted to culture in the United States, were (wn- 
der glass) Black Hamburgh, Black Prince, Black Frontig- 
nac, Grisly Frontignan, White Frontignan, White Muscat 
of Alexandria, and Chasselas de Fontainebleau; and of 
native Grapes adapted to the open air, the Isabella and 
the Catawba, and the Diana. 
The Diana, a seedling from the Catawba, has been 
brought forward lately as a native American grape of the 
first class. 
The Concord, a large, early, pleasant Grape has just 
been introduced in the vicinity of Boston, and promises to 
be an acquisition, especiaily where the Isabella and Cataw- 
ba ripen with difficulty. 
The chief aim of those who seek grapes adapted to 
