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Talmarij (Early Champion), ripe a week before Hartford Prolific, it is of finer 

 quality, and berries adhere to the bunch. 



Telegraph, (or Christine), bunch medium, compact, shouldered, juicy with 

 very little pulp, nearly as early as Hartford ; vigorous and very pro- 

 ductive. 



Union Village or Ontario, bunch and berry very large ; very attractive in ap- 

 pearance, but of inferior quality. 



^"Whitehall, a very early black grape, bunches about the size of Isabella, dark 

 purple, thin skin, berries adhere to bunch, pulp tender, melting and sweet. 



"Wordon. a seedling from Concord, ri{)ens a week earlier, bunch and berry 

 about the same size, said to be sweeter. 



Class Second — Red Grapes. 



*Brighton, (Hooker), a very fine new early grape, very large bunch, shouldered, 



berries red ; no pulp, a delicious flavor ; a very promising grape. 

 Catawba, bunch large, berrif^s large, round slightly oval, deep red, flesh juicy, 

 sweet and rich ; whenever this fine old variety succeeds it has no superior ; 

 unreliable. 

 Delaware, bunch small, berries small, round, skin thin, light red or flesh color, 

 flavor sweet, vinous, aromatic, fully equal to the best foreign sorts ; vines 

 slender when young, but with age free and vigorous in growth, very hardy 

 and productive. Middle of Aug. 

 Diana, bunch large and compact, berries large, round, catawba color, juicy, 

 sweet and rich ; a very delicious grape, exceedingly vigorous and productive, 

 lona. bunch large, compact, berries medium to large, flavor rich, sweet and 



vinous ; very fine ; whenever it succeeds it is a most desirable grape. 

 ^JeflTcrson, a seedling of Eickett's, like lona in color texture and quality, 



ripens with Concord; very hardy and healthy. 

 Mottled, bunch and berry medium, a seedling from Catawba ; ripens earlier 



and more reliable. 

 Northern Muscadine, bunch medium, compact, berry medium to large, amber 

 color or brownish red, ^esh pulpy and foxy, sweet; vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 

 Roger's Hybrid, Agawam, (No. 15.) Bunches large, berries very large, dark 

 red or maroon, pulp crisp sprightly and sweet; a hand- 

 some grape, vigorous and productive. 

 ** " Goethe, (^No. 1.) Very large bunch, berry large oval flavor 



delicious. In the North, white ; South, of a light red when 

 ripe. Ripens late ; very vigorous ; a fine variety for the 

 South. 

 " " Lindley, (No. 9.) Bunch and berry medium to large, round, 



flesh tender, sweet and aromatic; similar to Salem, and 

 nearly or quite as good ; very productive. Early. 

 " " Massasoit, (No. 3.) Large bunch, berry large oval, purplish 



red, very little pulp, fine flavor; an excellent early grape. 

 Ripens with Delaware. 

 " " Salem, (No 53.) Bunch large and compact, berry large of a 



light Chesnut or Catawba color ; thin skin, perfectly free 

 from hard pulp ; very sweet and sprightly, with a' most 

 exquisite aromatic flavor. The best of Roger's Hybrids. 

 Ripens just after Delaware. 

 " " (No. 5 ) Bunch medium, moderately compact, berry large, 



round, flesh tender, melting, sweet and rich ; an excellent 

 grape. Ripens with Delaware. 

 " *' (No 8.) Bunch large, berries largo, amber red, quality fine, 



Rather late in ripening 

 " '* (No. 30*^ Bunch and berries large, deep amber, fine quality. 



Ripens with Diana. 

 Walter. Bunch and berry medium, shouldered, Catawba color, flesh tender, 

 rich and sweet, delicious flavor; vine a good grower and productive. 

 Ripens early in Sept. 



