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THE GRAPE. 



Chippewa. 



A variety found growing on the banks of the Chippewa Creek, and 

 described in 1858 by Wm, H. Read. 



Bunches good size, compact, heavily shouldered. Berries medium, 

 black, covered with bloom. Flesh tender, melting, sweet, and excellent. 

 We have never seen the vine or heard of it since the first above-pub- 

 lished description in the " Country Gentleman." 



Clara. 



A chance seedling in grounds of Peter Raabe, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Vine rather tender. 



Bunch medium, loose, shouldered. Berry medium, roundish, pale 

 yellow, translucent. Flesh tender, juicy sweet. A fine amateur sort. 

 Ripens with Catawba. 



Claret. 



A seedling of Chas. Carpenter, Kelly Island, O. Yine vigorous. 

 Bunch and berry medium, claret red, acid. Not valuable. 



Clinton. 

 Worthington. 



Origin uncertain, said to have originated in Western New York. 

 Growth vigorous, hardy, and productive. 



Bunch medium, shouldered, long and narrow, somewhat irregular, 

 but compact. Berries round, rather below medium size, black, covered 

 with a thick bloom, juicy, with some acidity and toughness in its pulp, 

 but with a brisk vinous flavor. Colors early, but does not fully ripen 

 until quite late, or after frost. 



Clover Street Black. 



A seedling raised by Jacob Moore, from Diana crossed by Black 

 Hamburgh. 



Bunches large, compact, shouldered. Berries large, roundish, black, 

 with a dark violet bloom. Flesh tender, sweet. Yine moderately vig- 

 orous. Ripens with Concord. (Ho v. Mag.) 



Clover Street Red. 

 Same origin as the preceding. 



Bunches larger than Diana, loose, occasionally with a similar long 

 stalk or shoulder appended to the top. Berries large, roundish oval, 

 crimson when fully ripe, with a slight Diana flavor. Yine a strong 

 grower. Ripens with Diana. (Hov. Mag.) 



Columbia. 



This Grape is said to have been found by Mr. Adlum on his farm 

 at Georgetown, D. C. A vigorous grower, productive. 



Bunch small, compact. Berry small, black, with a thin bloom, with 

 very little hardness or acidity in its pulp, not high-flavored, but pleas- 

 ant and vinous. Ripe last of September. 



