.230 THE GRAPE CULTUEIST. 



color like Diana ; flesli tender, swecst, liigh aromatic flavor 5 

 earlier than Diana. 



"No. 15. — ^This is considered the best grape of the col- 

 lection, by the majority of good, judges ; bunch of good 

 size, rather loose, shouldered; berries roundish, large; 

 color, amber, darker than the Catawba ; tender, with Jio 

 tough pulp, juicy, and of very rich aromatic flavor, and 

 superior, in the opinion of good judges, to any of the best 

 new varieties of hardy grapes grown here ; early ; fully 

 ripe this season ten days before the Concord, growing 

 within a few feet ; vine very vigorous and free from mil- 

 dew, where Isabella and Rebecca growing near were very 

 much affected. 



"No. 19. — ^This is a variety for which a premium was 

 given as the best hybrid grape at the exhibition of the 

 Essex Agricultural Society, 1859, and of which the com- 

 mittee spoke as follows : ' This large, early grape, of the 

 size and color of the Black Hamburgh, we thought to be 

 the finest variety shown ; bunches and fruit large and com- 

 pact, and a strong grower. We can not but consider this 

 sort to be an acquisition for this locality, where the Isa- 

 bella and Diana are apt to fail.' 



"No. 22. — Color, amber ; bunch and berry of good size ; 

 flesh of a rich aromatic flavor. 



"No. 30. — Bunch large, shouldered; berries large, 

 roundish ; color, light amber ; flesh tender and juicy, of a 

 rich aromatic flavor ; ripens with Diana ; vine vigorous and 

 very productive. 



" No. 33. — Bunch large, shouldered, and compact ; berry 

 large ; color black ; flesh tender, sugary, and of a rich, 

 high flavor ; one of the earliest — by some pronounced the 

 best. 



" No. 43. — Bunch large, and shouldered ; berry medium, 

 roundish ; color, black ; flesh tender, of a sweet, pleasant 

 flavor ; very productive and early. 



"No. 44. — ^Much like the last, a little earlier; bunch 



