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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIGENOUS GRAPES 



Swatara, very early, small, black, sweet, tolerably good; cluster small, very compact, vine 

 vigorous ana productive; ripens beginning of September. 



Taylor — Bnllitt (Kentucky), this fine variety was brought to special notice by Hon. John G. 

 Taylor. Fruit medium size, -white or amber, juicy, very sweet, fine flavor, thin skin, very estima- 

 ble, promises to be fully equal to the Anna ; bunch medium, compact, never rots or mildews ; 

 vine in growth much like the Lenoir, young wood and foliage smooth, exceedingly vigorous, haa 

 made annual shoots of twenty feet. It is more hardy than Isabella or Catawba, a great bearer, 

 succeeds best without much pruning ; ripens 25th of August. The bunch and berry a little lees 

 in size than the Catawba. 



Texas Bine Muscadine, peculiar foliage, resembling the Post Oak ; vine rambles greatly ; fruit 

 very good flavor, and ripens early. 



Texas Post Oak — Bacelianaiian, an estimable variety of fine flavor; vine does not run much ; 

 foliage very peculiar, resembling the leaves of the Post Oak ; ripens early. 



Texas Sand Hill, grows on the sandy hills of Texas, and will probably prove synonymous with 

 some other described variety. The fruit is said to be very good. 



To Ralon (Lansingburg), large, ovate or round, blue-black with bloom, very sweet, buttery, 

 delicate aroma, no pulp or foxy flavor when matured ; cluster large, shouldered, vine perfectly 

 hardy, and in rich soil it bears abundantly ; ripens ten days before Isabella, and is superior to it. 



Transparent (N. Ca.), very large, round, red, acid, ripens early; vine very vigorous; not yet 

 fully tested. 



Troy (N. Y.) This is often called Black Hamburg at Troy in this State ; berry large, oval, dark 

 purple, closely resembling Isabella in form and appearance, not equal in quality, but more hardy 

 and rather earlier. It is very juicy, sprightly acid, becoming sweeter at maturity, thin skin, good 

 for table and wine ; vine very robust, grows most vigorously, and bears profusely. Some vines 

 have produced ten to fifteen bushels each. 



Union Village (Ohio), berry very large, equaling the Black Hamburg, round, black with bloom, 

 very juicy, dissolving pulp, good flavor, few seeds, thin skin, similar in quality to Isabella, and by 

 many deemed superior; cluster very large, compact, often weighing a pound; extremely showy, 

 hangs long uninjured by frost and improves ; vine one of the most robust and vigorous, large 

 foliage, ripens a week before Isabella. The vigorous shoots on young vines are sometimes injured 

 by tbe winter, and should be protected until the vines are three or four years old. 



Venango — Miner (Tenn.), size of Catawba, round, brownish lilac or dark dove-color with 

 bloom, rather thick skin, juicy, fair quality, tough pulp dissolving at maturity, with a peculiar 

 aromatic flavor, valuable for flavoring wines and cookery; cluster compact; by many much es- 

 teemed for wine. A vine of very hardy and remarkably vigorous character, it having made 

 shoots of fifty feet, ripens two weeks before Catawba. 



Vine Arbor (N. Ca.), above medium, round, black, sweet, good for table, makes good wine ; 

 vine very productive ; ripens late. 



Virginian Amber, small, pale red, estimable ; vine very hardy, vigorous and productive. 



Wachita, also called Mountain Grape, a native of Louisiana, represented as one of the most 

 excellent native varieties. 



Warren. This we know to be correct, as we originally received it direct from General 

 McCall, of "Warrenton, Ga. It is entirely distinct from the Herbemont, with which it has been 

 confused. Fruit small, blue with profuse bloom, brisk, sprightly, very pleasant, free of all pulp 

 or foxy flavor, and witb few or no seeds; cluster large, long, loose, and straggling; leaves very 

 large, very deeply five-lobed with small additional indentations of the central lobe; the wood 

 has a grayish cast, the vine grows slowly here at first, being rather tender, but when older and in 

 a favorable position it makes immense shoots. 



Warren's Catawba, a seedling of the Catawba, and nearly of the same size ; white, a little 

 bronzed on the sunny side, has a thick bloom, early, flavor similar to the parent, a little more 

 foxy, exceedingly sweet, said to be superior to Isabella or Concord ; cluster medium, hangs long, 

 and improves ; vine very hardy in Massachusetts, vigorous and productive ; ripens ten days be- 

 fore Isabella. It makes a most delicious wine of the genuine Catawba flavor, a fact we ourselves 

 have proved. 



Wtiite Catawba, berry size of parent, greenish white, very sweet, pleasant flavor, estimable for 

 table, but at the South is subject to rot ; vine same habit as the parent. 



Wilcox, small, greenish white, acid, only suitable for wine ; vine vigorous, productive, ripens 

 late ; suited to the South, where, without doubt, the fruit will be improved in quality. 



Wilmington (Del.), medium, amber white, oval, very spicy, high flavored, estimable ; vine 

 productive. 



Wine Home, medium size, black, vinous ; cluster long and loose; makes a firm spicy wine, 

 which in six to twelve months attains a high value ; ripens last week in September. 



Winslow (Ohio), small, same type as Clinton, ripens two weeks before Isabella ; vine hardy 

 and vigorous. It is a genuine native, although sent forth as a raisin seedling. Professor Eirtland 

 states that he has not recommended it, yet his name has been attached to it^ 



Wintermoot (Penn.), round, black, iuicy, very good flavor, vine vigorous and productive. 



Wlnton (N. Y.), early, small, round, very sweet, juicy, vinous, some pulp, extremely sacchar- 

 ine, pleaaant for table, good for wine; cluster rather loose. A seedling of the same family as the 



