Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, &c. 2t 



FIGS. 



Price — 50 cents each. 

 Black Ischia — medium .size, deep purple, sweet and rich. 

 Brown Ischia — luedium size, rich and excellent 



Brown Turkey or l^ee's Perpetual — brownish purple, large, rich and ex- 

 cellent. 

 Brunswick — brownish purple, very large and good. 

 Bourgasotte Grise — medium size, very rich and good. 

 B!ue Isehia — medium size, blui.-h purple, rich and good. 

 Blue Marseilles — bluish purple, rich and good. 

 Castle Kennedy or Marseilles — very large, early and good. 

 Grosse Verte — very large, pale green, rich and excellent. 

 White Marseilles— large, greenish white, flesh white, sweet and li 



lUSClOU.S. 



HARDY NATIVE GRAPES. 



Price — 2.5 to 50 cents ej^h, (save where priced.) 

 Adirondac — bunch largre. berries large, tender and sweet, color, black ; a 



delicious grape. Middle August. 

 Alvey — bunch medium, berries small to medium, sprightly, vinous ; ripens 



with Isabella. 

 Agawam (Rogers 15) — bunches large, berries very large, dark amber, 



pulp crisp, sprightly and sweet. September. 

 Black Hawk — a seedling from Concord ; extremely vigorous ; said to be an 



improvement on its parent in every way. 

 Clinton — bunches small and compact, berries small, round, black, and 



juicy ; makes a good wine ; vigorous, hardy and productive. 

 Catawba — bunch large, berries large, round .slightly oval, deep red, flesh 



juicy, sweet and rich ; whenever this fine old variety succeeds it has 



no .superior ; unreliable. 

 Concord — bunches large, shouldered, black, berries large, round, black. 



juicy, sweet and pleasant ; vine very hardy, robust, vigorous and pro- 

 lific, succeeds over a large portion of the Union; never mildews, 



Beginning September. 

 Crevelinjr — bunch larire, loo.se, berries large, black ; ripens nearly as early 



as Hartford Prolific. 

 Delaware — bunch small, berries small, round, ."--kin thin, light red or flesh 



color, flavor, sweet, vinous, aromatic, fally equal to the best foreign sorts; 



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



very hardy and productive. Middle of August. 

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



juicy, sweet and rich; vigorous grower. Middle September. 

 Eumelan — bunch of good size, compact . •-shouldered, berries medium, nearly 



round, deep purple or black, flesh tender, melting sweet and vinous. 



50 cents to si each. 

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



round, black, flesh juicy and rich; vine vigorous and productive. 



Middle August. 

 Herbemont (Herbemont's Madeira) — bunch very large, shoulderd and 



compact, Vjerries below medium, round, dark blue, skin thin, juicy, 



sweet ^nd rich ; vigorous and productive. 

 Ives' Seedling — bunch medium, compact, shouldered, berriesabove medium, 



black, roundish oval, flesh with some pulp, juicy and sweet; very 



vigorous, productive, and free from mildew ; a fine wine grape, 

 lona— a seedling from Catawba of first quality, but unreliable in many 



sections like its parent; color red. 

 Israella — bunch medium to large, shouldered, compact, berries large, 



slightly oval, black, tender, juicy and sweet. September. 



