ROT OriT I R I> 
GRAPES. 
(Table, Baisin and Wine Varieties.) 
We offer to the public rooted vines and cuttings of the most complete and magnifi- 
cent collection of foreign grapes — our collection comprising 241 varieties — to be found 
in California and the United States, a good many of those varieties having been pro- 
cured at great expense from abroad. Our early varieties — the earliest ones to be found 
in this State — ripen as much as four weeks before "Sweet Water." People should, to 
test the earliuess of our early varieties, order vines or cuttings of each kind, so as to 
find out which varieties would turn out the earliest on their place. 
Our cuttings are planted upr/rjhi in little ditches two feet apart, which permits 
them to grow all the roots at the butt, where they should be, instead of at each joint 
from the butt up, as it is the case when laid flat, in a furrow, as is done in most 
nurseries. 
Our space does not iDermit to give a full list of our 241 varieties, but we will name 
and describe the earliest, flneSt and most valuable kinds. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 
(Eipening on our place four weeks before 
Sweet Water.) 
Saint Pierre. — A splendid and delicious 
white grape; bsrries oval, medium large; 
fine flavor. 
Annonay Early. — Berries medium, 
roundish oval; good shipping grape. White. 
Iscllia. — Bunches and berries small, well 
set, juicy. Black. 
Black Magdalen.— Medium, thickly set, 
black. 
Papaona.— White. 
tramay Precoce. — Hungary Early 
(Much like Ischia). Black. 
VERY EARLY VARIETIES. 
(Kipeniug two to three weeks before Sweet 
Water.) 
Pearl of Anvers. — White; first quality. 
Blue Muscat. — Medium, blue with 
heavy bloom. 
Cliasselas Bnlhery.— Fine white grape. 
Cliassclas Violet, or Scliiraz.— Berries 
large, oval, juicy. 
Blauer Portugueser.--Well set, blue, 
fine. 
Gros Sapat. — A magnificent dark blue 
grape; berries large, round, highly flavored. 
Should be on everyone's place. Fine for 
market. 
Provence Early.— Berries medium, dark 
red, highly flavored. 
Cliasselas Rose. — Berries medium, 
sweet, pink colored. 
Cliasselas Dupont.- A splendid white 
grape; berries round, medium large, trans- 
parent, firm, highly flavored. Good for 
market. 
Fontaineblean. — A first-class variety of 
white griipe. 
(Eil Noir (BlacS Eye). — Berries large, 
oblong, fine flavor; a beautiful variety. 
Muscat De Frontignan. -Thickly set, 
very juicy, sjjlendid flavor. 
Red Muscat of Madeira. — Fine; dark 
pink color. 
Blanc D'Ambre. — Berries medium 
large, juicy, amber yellow. 
Orange-flowered Muscat. —The most 
highly flavored muscat of our collection. 
White. 
Cliampion. — The earliest of American 
native grapes; jet black; highly flavored. 
Poulsard Noir.— Black, first quality. 
CHOICE TABLE GRAPES. 
(Fine varieties for market and shipping.) 
Blanc DeCalabre— A magnificeut white 
grape (amber white). 
Boudales.— Berries large, black, fine. 
Heavy bearer. 
Fintindo.— Very large, black, oval, fine. 
(iros Gnillaume. — Splendid variety; 
black, very prolific. 
Sabalskankoi.— Much like Flaming To- 
kay, but berries of a more elongated oval; 
pink colored. 
Gros Makara.— Fine, black variety. 
Chasselas l)e Pondlclicry. — Heavy 
bunches, lierries very large, round, line 
muscat flavor; good for shipping. 
Muscat Sarbelle.— Fine, late muscat. 
