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Champion — Bunches large and compact: berries large, covered with a rich bloom; medium in quality; vine 
a strong and healthy grower and a good hearer; profitable (or market on account of its earliness. 
Clinton — Bunches medium size, compact shouldered: berries small: flesh acid and vinous flavor. Vines hardy 
vigorous, productive, but fruit improves by hanging long on the vines. 
Concord — Bunches large, berries large, round; skin thick, and covered with bloom; (lesh juicy, sweet. Vine 
very hardy, vigorous and productive; at present the most popular of all our native sorts. 
Cynthiana — Very similar to Norton's Virginia; always reliable, one of the surest grapes we have; keeps re- 
markably well, and is very sprightly and spicy: a gobd grape for winter use. 
Early Victor — In bunch and berry It Is rather below the average, but ripens very early; is pure in flavor, and 
very little pulp; is exceptionally sweet, sprightly and vinous; never cracks, and adheres firmly to the buncli. 
Early Ohio — Briefly, its points of merit are extreme earliness. hardiness and productiveness. Smaller than 
Concord, firm In texture. The vine is thrifty, a strong grower and abundant bearer. Its exceeding earliness makes 
it a decided acquisition. 
Hartford Prolific — Valuable in Northern localities. Bunches large, compact shouldered; berry large round skin 
thick; flesh sweet, juicy; vine vigorous and exceedingly productive. Ripens two weeks before the Concord. 
Ives — Hardy and productive: valuable for market on account of its productiveness. 
Mcrike— This grand variety was originated 
in Southern Illinois; has taken premiums at Ohio 
Illinois. Indiana and Missouri State Pairs The 
McPIke Is a seedling of the Worden; perfectly 
hardy, with a leaf unprecedented: it is earlier 
than the Concord, bunches large, even and com- 
pact: berries even in size, covered with a beau- 
tiful bloom, blue-black In color; ripens uniformly 
and has generally the appearance of the Worden. 
The berries are of mammoth size, being three 
inches In circumference and of superb quality 
by far the best grape grown. 
Moore's Early— A seedling of the Concord, 
combining the vigor, health and productiveness 
of Its parent, and ripening a few days earlier 
than the Hartford; bunch medium; berry quite 
large; color black, with a heavy blue bloom. Its 
extreme hardiness and size will render it a pop- 
ular market sort. 
Wilder (Rogers' No. 4) — ^Bunch and berry 
large; black: pulp tender. Juicy, rich and sweet- 
vigorous and productive. Ripens with Concord. 
Worden — Said to be a seedling of the Con- 
cord, and Is a slight Improvement on that va- 
riety; ripens a few days earlier; bunch large 
and compact; berry large, black and of good 
quality; vine vigorous and productive. Will be- 
come very popular for the vineyard and garden. 
WHITE GRAPES. 
Elvira — Ripens about with Catawba; a very 
strong, healthy and robust grower, very produc- 
tive; bunch and berry of medium size, and very 
compact. 
Empire State (Rickets) — A seedling from 
Hartford Prolific fertilized with the Clinton, 
hence very hardy and vigorous; bunches large, 
long, shouldered: berry medium to large; flesh 
tender. Juicy and rich, with a slight native 
aroma; ripens very early, and continues a long 
time in use. 
Golden Packllngton — Is a seedling from Con- 
cord: vine hardy, both in wood and foliage; 
strong grower, called a white grape, but the 
fruit is a light golden yellow, clear. Juicy and 
sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; 
bunches very large, sometimes shouldered; ber- 
ries round and very large and thickly set; qual- 
ity, when fully ripe, much superior to Concord; 
ripens with the Concord. 
Green Mountain (Winchell) — ^This extra early 
delicious grape was found growing on the side 
of the Green Mountain In Vermont, at an alti- 
tude of 1,400 feet; supposed to be a chance seedling; color greenish white; skin very thin; pulp exceedingly tender 
and sweet; contains but one to two seeds only, which separate from the pulp with slightest pressure: quality 
superb. 
Goethe (Rogers' No. 1) — This is for the West decidedly the best of all the Rogers' Hybrids; bunch medium, 
rather loose, shouldered; berry very large, oval, very good, already yet white, when It resembles the White 
Malaga: pale red with beautiful bloom when fully ripe; thin skin: tender pulp; very juicy, sweet and delicious; 
ripens after Concord; exceedingly productive, vigorous and healthy; very fine for market and table. 
l.ady — A seedling of the Concord; of medium size, white and very good flavor; very early. 
Lady Washington (Ricketts) — -Fruit yellow, tinged with pink; bunches very large, often weighing a pound; 
vine strong: very healthy. 
Martha — A seedling of the Concord, which it resembles in growth and hardiness: bunch of good size, and 
berry large, of pale green or light color; sweet. Juicy, sprightly; ripens with Concord. 
Moore's Diamond — Origin. New York. Said to be a cross between Concord and lona. This handsome new 
white grape has met with general favor; its extreme early ripening alone would make It valuable, coming in two 
or three weeks ahead of Concord: the bunch Is medium size, slightly shouldered; color greenish white, with a 
yellow tinge when fully ripe; flesh Juicy and almost without pulp: very few seeds. 
Niagara — A magnificent white grape and very valuable for both garden and vineyard: a rank grower and 
very productive of beautiful bunches of the largest size: berries large with a tough skin; quality good; ripens 
about with Concord. 
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