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DESCRIPTIOJsTS OF INDIGENOUS GRAPES. 



pulp till fully mature ; cluster medium, compact; vine productive; ripens 1st October, which is 

 rather late for this latitude, but it is suitable for the South. 



Mottled (Ohio). Berry ia form, color and flavor resembles the Catawba, but smaller and 

 perceptibly mottled or shaded; the bunch is also much more compact and of more regular form ; 

 ripens with the Isabella. 



Mustang (Texas), rather below medium size, round, black with bloom, juicy, pleasant flavor, 

 dissolving pulp, makes excellent red (Claret) wine; vine of vigorous rambling growth, quite 

 distinct from Post Oak, Scuppernong, and Muscadine. 



IVardssa (Ohio), seedling from Isabella, a magnificent grape, originated by E. Peters, Esq. ; 

 large, oval, very dark with bloom, very sweet, more musky and delicious flavor than the parent, 

 and ripens a weak earlier. 



Naumkeg, seedlina; from Isabella, same form and flavor, and ripens at the same period ; medium 

 size, purplish red, darker than Catawba, some pulp, pleasant, productive. 



North America, medium size, good quality, vigorous growth, probably valuable, not yet tested 

 by us. 



North Carolina, full medium, round, black, too astringent for table, makes a good flavored dark 

 red Avine similar to Claret; cluster small to medium, loose ; vine very hardy, vigorous and pro- 

 ductive; berry begins here to color last of September; ripens fully lOth October; it is a large 

 variety of the Frost Grape, hangs long, never rots or mildews at the South or West. In the Mis- 

 souri vineyards it has produced 1^ gallons per vine. 



Northern Mnscadine, originated with the Shakers ; medium, round, brownish red or dark 

 amber, much foxy odor, some pulp, rather sweet, juicy and pleasant, little flavor or strength of 

 juice for wine ; cluster small to medium, compact, berries fall as soon as ripe ; vine hardy, vigor- 

 ous, productive ; matures fifteen days before Isabella, makes a tolerable wine of little strength. 

 It is of the Red Fox family, but an improvement, hardier and earlier than the Isabella and Catawba, 

 and is said to be much better on dry than on wet soils. 



Norton's Virginia, not a hj^brid as formerly supposed, but a genuine indigenous variety found 

 in Virginia and Carolina. Fruit small, round, dark purple, thin skin, pulpy, juicy, brisk, vinous, 

 austere until fully ripe, then pleasant and sweet for table ; bunch long, often nine inches, some- 

 times shouldered,gVery compact; vine so very hardy that it succeeds in Massachusetts, remarkably 

 vigorous, produces most abundant and never-failing crops. It is free from all mildew and rot at 

 the South and West, and is so rustic that it will grow on any soil. It' is a very important wine 

 grape, producing an excellent, dark colored, high flavored juice, competing with the best Port 

 wine ; ripens beginning of September, hangs long and improves. We only know of three varieties 

 superior to this for red wine, and they are yet scarce. This variety does not propagate by cut- 

 tings, but by layers or grafting. 



Oconee, Niesler's (Georgia), a vine with unique small deep green foliage, dissimilar to any 

 other, but approximates to that of two other Southern varieties; berry yet unknown to us. 



Offer (Ohio), a genuine Labrusca variety, although pretended to have been grown from a 

 raisin seed ; large, light glossy brown, thick akin, very sweet, musky; cluster large, very com- 

 pact, rather earlier than Isabella, and is larger and hardier, hangs long and improves; vine vigor- 

 ous and productive. 



Ohio Claret, small, very dark, fair quality for table when fully ripe ; excelleut for wine ; vine 

 robust and prolific ; ripens same time as Isabella. 



Ohio Globose, medium, round, black, juicy, fair quality, thin skin, resembles Alexander but not 

 as large ; cluster medium ; ripens 10th of September. 



Ohio Prolific small, round, purplish, sprightly acid, vinous, not sweet, pleasant flavor, good ; 

 clusters small, but very numerous ; vine extremely robust and vigorous ; ripens middle of Sept. 



Ontario (Canada), deemed the largest of grapes; berry 1 to 1^ inches in diameter, splendid 

 appearance, round, black, but little pulp, thin sldn, by some stated to be only tolerable in quality, 

 and by others about equal to Isabella ; bunch very large ; vine extremely vigorous and hardy at 

 42° North Lat. ; ripens in September ; not tested by us. 



Ozark Favorite, medium size, vinous, purple juice ; cluster medium, compact, makes a peculiar 

 sprightly aromatic wine; ripens last week in September. 



Paoline (Southern), the finest native grape of the South ; fruit medium size, brownish crim- 

 son, thin skin, very sweet, delicious, no pulp ; cluster large, shouldered, compact ; vine vigorous, 

 productive ; allied to Lenoir. 



Perfumed or Mignonette — Vitis Riparia, grows naturally at Niagara Falls, a male vine pro- 

 ducing exquisitely scented flowers; vine of most luxuriant and rapid growth for arbors or 

 screens. 



Perkins (Mass.), beautiful, large, round, pale bronze with bloom, juicy, agreeable flavor, not 

 sweet, pleasant musky odor, pulpy, skin medium ; cluster large, long, compact. It is intermediate 

 between Catawba and Red Fox; vine very hardy for the ISorth, vigorous and productive. It is 

 earlier hardier, and a greater bearer than the Diana, but not equal in quality. This must not be 

 confused with the Eudora or Perkins, which is a large, coarse, Fox variety of little value. 



Pioneer, probably synonym, said to resemble Isabella, fair quality ; vine very hardj''; ripens 

 in September; not yet tested by us. 



