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the grape. 

 Miles. 



Origin, Westchester Co., Pa. Yine a moderate grower, hardy, and 

 productive. 



Bunch, small, rather compact. Berry small, round, black. Flesh 

 tender, slight pulp at centre, brisk vinous, pleasant. Ripens among the 

 earliest, but does not hang long. 



Missouri. 

 Missouri Seedling. 



A native sort, with short-jointed wood, and only moderate grower. 



Bunch small, moderately compact. Berries small, round, nearly black. 

 Flesh juicy, rather pulpy, vinous, pleasant when well ripened. Bipens 

 about with Isabella. 



Modena. 



A new variety, raised by A. J. Caywood, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 

 from seed of the Concord. 



Bunch medium. Berries medium, roundish, black, something like 

 Concord, but richer in saccharine. Ripens about with Concord. 



Montgomery. 



Merritt's Seedling-. 



A variety of undoubted foreign parentage. It is a large, showy 

 bunch, and matures tolerably well in the open ground while the plants 

 are young. 



Mottled. 



A seedling grown by Charles Carpenter, Kelly Island, O. Yine 

 hardy, very short-jointed. A profuse bearer, ripening with Delaware. 

 It will hang a long time after ripe, and keeps unusually well. 



Bunch medium, slightly shouldered, close, compact. Berries round, 

 medium size, maroon red, with spots that when held to the light give 

 it a mottled appearance, hence its name. Flesh tender. Pulp small. 

 Juice sweet, rich, vinous, abundant. 



Mount Lebanon. 

 Origin, Columbia Co., N. Y. 



Bunch larger than Northern Muscadine. Berry round, reddish. 

 Flesh pulpy, tough, sweet, perhaps a little better than Northern Mus- 

 cadine. 



Neff 

 Keuka. 



Origin, on the farm of Mr. Neff, near Keuka, on Crooked Lake, 

 New York. 



Bunch medium. Berry medium, dark copper red. Flesh pulpy, 

 and somewhat foxy. Good native. Early. 



NONANTUM. 



A new seedling, grown by Francis Dana, near Boston, and de 

 scribed as : 



