ELLWANGER & BARRY'S 



A BRANCH OF THE GRAND DUKE PLUM. (Reduced.) 



The very latest report on Columbus from the Rural New Yorker Dec. 22, 1894: 



"The^frt/AVw Yorker, which reported from its trial two years ago that the Columbus was the 

 largest Gooseberry in cultivation not materially affected with mildew, has been watching for other reports 

 in confirmation or contradiction of its estimate. We rind in a late number of our sprightly contemporary, 

 Farm and Fireside, a report from our friend, Mr. T. Greiner, which, in so far as it goes, quite supports 

 all the good things we have said of the Columbus : ' This year I fruited the Columbus for the first time. 

 The plant is a vigorous grower, and the foliage apparently healthy to a more than ordinary degree. The 

 fruit is the largest I have ever been able to grow in this country, and I think equal in size and flavor to 

 any English variety. Indeed, if it is not an English or half-English variety (as I believe), the Columbus 

 is probably the best, by far, of any of our American sorts, and makes all experimenting with the true 

 English sorts practically superfluous.' We are always timid about praising any new sort of fruit that we 

 have taken pains to secure and try as soon as possible, as the best of its kind. Truly, indeed, the oppor- 

 tunity has seldom enough occurred among the hundreds of novelties tried each year for nearly twenty 

 years. Well, the Columbus was one of the novelties that proved the rule-breaker. It is the only variety 

 of foreign Gooseberry thus far introduced and tried at the Rural Grounds that does not mildew, either as 

 to leaf or berry. The berry is as large as the average of foreign varieties — as large as desirable, it seems 

 to us— and the plant is as productive as it is desirable it should be 



The Winchell Grape. 



The earliest White Grape {identical with Green Mountain.) This new White Grape has 

 been thoroughly tested for several years in our vineyard, and it has proved so satisfactory 

 in all respects that we can recommend it with the utmost confidence to our customers. It 

 combines hardiness, fruitfulness, vigor, good size and excellent quality. 



Though not the largest, yet. both berry and cluster are of good size, and the flavor is 

 excellent, ranking in this respect as a grape of the first class. In time of ripening it may 

 be described as very early, being the first White Grape to ripen, and maturing about the 

 same time as Champion, or about a week earlier than the Hartford. This qualification insures 

 its ripening even in the worst of seasons, a consideration which will be appreciated by all 

 planters. Its habit of growth is vigorous and the foliage clean and healthy, while its bearing 

 quality is all that can be desired. It can be said to be a most valuable White Grape, either 



