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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIGENOUS GHAPES. 



mature, but proper culture may remedy this defect. We presume this grape will be found to im- 

 prove at the South and West as is the case with the Concord, 



Hart's WMte — Elizabeth^ medium, white, ovate, good quality ; vine hardy and vigorous ; 

 ripens end of September. 



Herbemont (Georgia). We received this from Mr. Herbemont. It is totally distinct from the 

 Warren ; berry small, round, deep purple with blue bloom, thin skin, free from pulp or foxy 

 flavor, very juicy, vinous, aromatic, imd exceedingly sprightly ; not so sweet as the Lenoir, and 

 much larger cluster; bunch sometimes weighs one and a half to two pounds, shouldered, triangu- 

 lar form, very compact indeed; it is one of the most sprightly, and pleasant for eating, and makes 

 very superior wine ; vine remarkably vigorous, short jointed, hardy here, bears enormously, and 

 matures its fruit early in September. 



Holmes' {Eai-ly Purple or Old Colony Grape), native of Mass., early, ripening 20th to 25th of 

 August, globose, blue or purple, large as Isabella, sweet, a little foxy, more pulpy than Isabella, 

 but this diridnishes and it becomes quite as sweet by hanging till fully matured ; bunch medium, 

 seldom shouldered. The vine is very hardy and suited to the North, vigorous and regularly pro- 

 ductive, thrives best in a dry, rich soil. If allowed to hang late, the berries become as dry as 

 raisins. It makes fine flavored wine, and although not equal to the Isabella and Catawba, it is 

 much more valued at the North as it never fails to mature its fruit before the frosts. It has re- 

 mained uninjured by the winter when the Isabella and Concord were killed to the ground, and it 

 is believed that it will thrive uninjured as far north as the most hardy of grapes. 



Hudson — Early Hadsoa, rather large, black with blue bloom ; resembles Isabella in berry and 

 bunch, and is a seedling of that variety, not however quite so rich and sprightly; juicy, sweet, 

 tender pulp ; thin skin ; vine perfectly hardy, vigorous, very productive; ripens early in Sep- 

 tember. 



Hnoterville (N. C), rather below medium size, round, black, very juicy, slightly acid, very 

 little pulp, thm skin, not sweet, but pleasant and vinous when fully ripe, well adapted for wine; 

 cluster loose, shouldered ; vine vigorous, very productive ; fruit ripens end of July, hangs long on 

 the vine and improves thereby. 



Hnsmanu's Prolific (Missouri), small, round, black with blue bloom, pulpy, too astringent for 

 table ; cluster long and compact ; a valuable variety, ripens end of September ; makes an excel- 

 lent brilliant red wine, resembling fine claret ; vine very hardy and vigorous, immensely produc- 

 tive, and easily cultivated with success. It has produced in the Missouri vineyards 800 gallons of 

 good wine per acre. 



Hyde's Eliza. We have the original vine received from Wilkes Hyde, of Catskill. The genu- 

 ine is not foutid but in two or three collections, the others have York Madeira, which has been 

 latterly disseminated everywhere under this name. Berry of the same form and flavor as the 

 Isabella, and the foliage and growth of the vine very similar ; the flavor is perhaps more 

 sprightly, and it ripens ten days sooner ; vine hardy, vigorous, and very productive. 



Illinois Prolific, found wild near Waterloo, Illinois, very small; bunch medium, compact ; 

 juice very dark but brilliant, making a very excellent red wine in three to six m.onths ; vine very 

 robust, vigorous, and exceedingly productive ; ripens last week of September. 



Isabella — Qualities universally known. 



Ives' Seedling — Mnnson (Conn.), small berry and medium cluster, some foxy odor, hard pulp, 

 which will probably dissolve at the south, to which climate it is best suited; hangs late, and im- 

 proves after frost ; vine very hardy, of most luxuriant growth, very productive. 



Jack — Longworth's Ohio (Georgia), very small, blue with bloom, no pulp or foxlness, sweet, 

 vinous, pleasant, only two seeds to a berry, cluster large, long, shouldered, very sparse ; vine very 

 vigorous and rampant, allied to the Warren, ripens the middle of September. It is a geutiine 

 native, and there are seven or eight Southern varieties of the same family. Two varieties, if not 

 more have been sent out from Cincinnati under this name, which has caused confusion. 



Jenning's Seedling, a very early black grape, of ordinary quality, grown near Boston for 

 market and suitable for cooking purposes; vine very hardy productive. 



Eanfi'msin, (Ohio), size of Clinton, acid, becoming pleasant when fully matured, cluster com- 

 pact, vine hardy and vigorous. 



Kendall, rather large, oval, very dark, good quality, cluster medium, vine hardy and vigor- 

 ous; ripens middle of September. 



Kensington (Conn.), medium size, devoid of foxy flavor, deemed by many equal to Isabella, 

 not yet tested by us, 



LalvC's SeedliDg (Mass.), early, large, black, very sweet, free from foxy flavor ; ripens 25th of 

 of August, does not drop its fruit. 



Large Black Marion — Trne Marion (Ohio), early, nearly the size of Isabella, oval, black with 

 bloom, very juicy, sweet, good flavor, little or no pulp, Cc^timable for table, sup^-rior to Logan in 

 flavor. Mr. Longworth describes it as " hardy, a good bearer, a week earlier and better flavored 

 than the Isabella/' Cluster large and long, often a small branch at top; ripens early in Septem- 

 ber. It is supposed to be a seedling of tlie Isabella, makes good pale wine, not equal to Catawba, 

 but is a valuable wine grape where the Catawba will not succeed, and has proved at Cincinnati 



