C. W. Stuart ^ Company, Nurserymen 
sweet. A profitable market 
sort. The" fruit is too tender for shipping 
long distances. 
Flesh juicy, 
Th ■ 
Delaware. Red. Early September. Its 
earliness, hardiness, and admirable 
sweetness have become well known to 
the public. Berries rather small. Skin 
of a beautiful, bright red color. Bunch 
medium in size, compact. Flesh is \iith- 
out hardness or acidity in its pulp, ex- 
ceedingly sweet; juicy. Vine moder- 
ately ^^gorous and productive. Bears 
when young. Oftentimes injured by 
allowing it to overbear. Should have a 
strong, rich soil to do its best. 
Green Mountain. This, the earliest white 
grape, has been thoroughly tested o^-er 
a wide area, and has proved most satis- 
factory. It combines hardiness, fruit- 
ripens uniformly and has generally the 
appearance of the Worden. Mr. Mc- 
Pike has sent the grapes to all parts of 
the country, and the comments are most 
favorable upo'i its wonderful size, flavor, 
hardiness and beauty. 
Moore's Diamond. White. Ripens about 
with Delaware. Described as a pure 
native; leaf resembles Concord; free 
from mildew. Bunch large, compact. 
Berry about the size of Concord. Color 
greeni.sh white, with a yellow tinge when 
fully ripe. Flesh juicy, sweet to the 
center, free from foxiness, and almost 
without pulp. Quahty very good. Vine 
vigorous and productive. While the skin 
is thin, it is sufficiently tough to stand 
handling and shipping well. Originated 
by Jacob Moore. 
Salem 
Concord 
Delewaie 
WUdet 
fulness, vigor, good size and excellent 
quality. Bunch medium to large, shoul- 
dered; berries medium, greenish white; 
skin thin, tough; pulp tender, sweet, 
with few seeds; of excellent quahty; 
free from foxiness, and the flavor is ex- 
cellent, ranking in this respect as a grape 
of the first class. It is. the first white 
grape to ripen. 
Lindley. (See Rogers' No. 9.) 
McPike. This grand new variety waa 
originated in south Illinois. The Mc- 
Pike is a seedling of the Worden and 
partakes of all the good qualities of the 
Concord and Worden to a marked de- 
gree. Perfectly hardy, as easily grown 
as Concord or Worden, with a leaf un- 
precedented; it is earlier than the Con- 
cord; bunches large, even and corn pact, 
berries even in size, covered with a 
beautiful bloom, blue-black in color, 
Moore's Early. Black. About twenty days 
earlier than Concord. Fruit large and 
showy, and the variety is remarkable 
for size, beauty, productiveness, earli- 
ness and hardiness. It received first 
premium from New England fairs and 
the Massachusetts IIorticul\,ural Soci- 
ety. Fruit black, very large and hand- 
some, with a heavy bloom. QuaUty 
about the same as Concord. Vine ex- 
ceedingly hardy. It has stood 20 degrees 
below zero, and has bwn exempt from 
mildew and disease. This hardy var- 
iety was raised by John B. Moore, of 
Concord, Mass., and was first fruited 
in 1872. 
Niagara. White. Ripens with the Con- 
cord. The originator says: "This new 
white Grape originated in Lockport, 
N. Y in 1868 and is a cross between 
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