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THE GKAPE. 



Blood's Black. 



A native fox Grape, healthy, hardy, and productive of fruit, quite 

 harsh and foxy. 



Bunches short, compact, shouldered. Berry round, black. Bipens 

 about with Hartford, and inferior. 



Blue Favorite. 



A Southern Grape that does not ripen well North. Vine vigorous, 

 productive. 



Bunch above medium. . Berries medium, round, blue black, sweet, 

 vinous, much coloring matter. Bipe South early in September, and 

 there said to be much esteemed for wine-making. 



Blue Imperial. 



Origin uncertain. Yine vigorous, free from mildew, not productive. 

 Bunches medium, short. Berry large, round, black. Flesh with a 

 hard acid centre or pulp. Bipens with Hartford. Inferior. 



Brandywine. 



Origin, Wilmington, Del. 



Bunch large, shouldered, rather compact. Berry oval, greenish 

 white. Flesh tender. Middle September. (Gar. Mon.) 



Brant. 

 Arnold's No. 8. 



Baised by Charles Arnold, Paris, C. W., from seed of Clinton 

 fructified with mixed foreign pollen. Yine strong, healthy grower. 

 Foliage of a dark reddish green, deeply lobed. Smooth on both sides. 



Bunch and berry medium, black. Flesh free from pulp, very juicy, 

 sweet, and, when perfectly ripe, rich and aromatic. Bipens early. (C. 

 Arnold, MS.) 



Brinckle. 



Baised by Peter Baabe, near Philadelphia. Yine tender. 

 Bunch large, rather compact, sometimes shouldered. Berries round, 

 black. Flesh slightly pulpy, vinous, saccharine. Good. Bipens Sept. 



Brown. 



Yery much like Isabella, and ripens with it. 



Burroughs. 

 From Yermont. Yine allied to the Clinton. 



Bunch small. Berry round, black, thick bloom. Flesh harsh, acid, 

 austere. Bipens a little earlier than Isabella. 



Burton's Early. 

 A large early, poor Fox Grape. Unworthy culture. 



Camden. 



Of the fox class. 



Bunch medium. Berry large, greenish white. Flesh with a hard 

 centre, acid, poor. 



