DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 39 



HARDY NATIVE GRAPES. 



Price — 25 to 50 cents each, (save new varieties marked *, price of those on 

 application.) 



Class First — Black Grapes. 



Alvey, bunch medium, compact, berries small to medium, sprightly, vinous, no 



pulp ; a good wine grape; ripens with Isabella. 

 Belvidere, large bunch and berry, black, similar in appearance to Hartford 



Prolific, but earlier and better ; very vigorous, healthy and productive. 

 *Black Defiance, (Underhill's,) new large bunch and berry, black with a fine 



bloom, similar to Concord but larger and much superior in quality ; a fine 



table grape ; two weeks after Concord. 

 *Black Eagle, (Underbill's,) a new grape of great promise, large bunch and 



berry with a fine bloom : a splendid table grape of finest quality ; ripens 



with Concord. 

 Black Hawk, bunch and berry large, a seedling from Concord, superior in flavor 



and a few days earlier. 

 *Bacchus, (Ricketts,) a seedling from Clinton. "Vine vigorous, hardy and 



very productive, bunch compact, about six inches long, shouldered, berry 



round, medium size, pulp half tender, juicy, color black with a fine bloom ; 



a fine wine grape." 

 Cambridge, (Hovey.) This grape resembling Concord, but with more oval 



berries, bunches large and shouldered, berries large, skin thin, covered with 



a delicate bloom ; flesh rich, brisk and refreshing. 

 Clinton, bunches small and compact, berries small, round, rich and juicy; an 



exceedingly vigorous rapid grower; a good wine grape. 

 Concord, bunches large, shouldered, berries large, round, juicy, sweet and 



pleasant; vine very hardy, robust, vigorous and prolific, succeeds over a 



large portion of the Union ; never mildews. End of Aug. 

 Creveling, bunch large, loose, flesh tender, delicate flavor, slightly vinous, 



sweet and good; ripens with Hartford Prolific 

 Cottage, a seedling from Concord, bunch and berries similar to Concord, but a 



shade darker; an extremely vigorous grower and very healthy; ripens 



just before Concord. 

 Cunningham, (Long), a Southern grape of the family of Herbemont, bunch 



compact, medium occasionally shouldered, berries small, juicy and vinous; 



very vigorous and a profuse bearer ; ripens late ; makes an excellent 



wine. 

 Cynthiana, bunch medium, compact, shouldered, berries below medium, round 



with a blue bloom, sweet, spicy and juic}'. This vine very much resembles 



Norton's Va., the berries are said to be more juicy and sweeter; one of the 



finest wine grapes. 

 Conqueror, bunches long, loose, shouldered, berries above medium, with a fine 



bloom, flesh juicy and sweet; a vigorous grower and healthy vine ; ripens 



with Concord. 

 Elsinburgh of Ga., buncties pretty large, shouldered, berries small, round, 



covered with a tine bloom, a very nice little grape for the dessert, sweet 



and melting, without pulp. 

 ■^^Early Dawn, very early and productive, and of superior quality, (new.) 

 Eumelan, bunches of good size, compact shouldered, berries medium, round, 



with a fine bloom, flesh tender, sweet and sprightly ; healthy, vigorous and 



productive. Ripens early. 

 Hartford Prolific, bunch large, shouldered and compact berries, large, round, 



black, flesh juicy and rich; vine vigorous and productive; one of the 



earliest. Middle of Aug. 

 Herbemont, (Herbemont's Madeira, Warren,) bunch very large, shouldered and 



compact, berries below medium, round, dark blu€, skin thin, juicy, sweet 



and rich ; vigorous and productive. 



