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CHASE NURSERIES. 
QUINCES. 
Champion. — Very large size; specimens having measured over one foot in circum- 
ference. Tree remarkably vigorous; bears when very young, trees transplanted only three 
years sometimes bearing over a peck of fruit. Quality the very best. Keeps until Jan- 
uary, and -will not bruise like the Orange when shipped. A valuable acquisition. 
* Orange (Apple.)— Fruit large, round, with a short neck; color bright yellow; 
flesh firm and tough until cooked, when it becomes tender, juicy, and of excellent flavor; 
valuable for preserving or flavoring. The tree is of rather slender growth. 
* Rea's Mammoth A seedling variety, raised from the Orange; superior in size to 
the parent, and is said to be equally good. 
GRAPES. 
Full directions for the pruning and culture of the grape will be found in our work on 
fruit growing— " Transplanting and After Culture. " 
Amber Queen. — A hybrid between a wild frost grape and the Black Hamburg; a 
strong grower, with thick and healthy foliage ; bunch large and shouldered ; berry large, 
slightly oblong, never drops from the stem. It ripens with the very earliest grapes, but 
can easily be kept until mid-winter. 
< Brighton.— The position of this grape is now firmly established. In quality it is 
equal to, or better than Delaware or Catawba, with less pulp. It grows rapidly and is 
healthy, hardy and productive. It ripens with our earliest fine grapes. It is as beautiful 
as the Catawba, which it resembles in color, size and form of bunch and berry. It never 
drops from the stem. Should be in every garden. 
Y Concord.— Bunches large, compact; berries large, round; black, covered with bloom; 
skin rather tender; flesh sweet, juicy, buttery. Ripens ten days before the Isabella. Vine 
very hardy, vigorous and productive, with large, healthy foliage, which resists mildew 
admirably. A very popular variety wherever grapes are grown. 
Catawba.— Bunches and berries large; skin pale red; flesh juicy, sweet and highly 
aromatic; vine vigorous, hardy and productive, but uncertain except in favored locations. 
Delaware.— Bunches rather small, compact, shouldered; berries small, round, beau- 
tifully rose-colored; skin thin; flesh juicy, very sweet, but with a high vinous flavor; unsur- 
passed in quality. Vine rather a slow grower; bears manuring. The foliage is sometimes 
injured in the West and South. Diflicult to propagate, and hence the vines are higher priced 
than most old varieties. 
