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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
Norton's Virginia. Well known as one of the most reliable and healthy wine grapes; will also 
keep well for winter use, and though small is very sprightly. 
•■Ozark. Of crslivalis type; large in bunch as Concord and almost as large in berry; a prodigious 
grower. The fruit hangs on the vine until cut; a rich, meaty grape, of a peculiarly pleasant 
flavor; hardy, healthy, and productive: free from rot and mildew; valuable for late market. 
'Paragon. Bunch large, shouldered, compact, handsome; berry large, tender, sweet, rich, sprightly, 
vinous, without pulp; a bag of delicious juice; hardy, healthy, vigorous, and productive; free 
from rot aud mildew; ripe with Concord but hangs well; valuable table and market grape. 
'Superb. Bunch medium, compact; berry medium, tender, without pulp, sweet, rich, sprightly, 
vinous; quality excellent, vine hardy, healthy and productive; free from rot aud mildew; very 
early. 
'Superior. Bunch medium, compact, handsome; berry medium, very tender, sweet, rich, sprightly, 
vinous, without pulp; quality best; ripe about with Jewel; vine very strong grower, hardy] 
healthy, and productive; free from rot and mildew. 
Telegraph or Christine. Early; good quality, and hangs to the bunch well; bunch medium, very 
compact; berry medium, with blue bloom; productive and desirable. 
Wilder. (Rogers' No. 4). Perhaps the most valuable of the black hybrids, as it is healthy, strong 
and of excellent quality, also very productive; bunch heavy, shouldered, often weighing a 
pound; berry as large as Black Hamburg; round, thin skin, tender pulp, juicy, sweet and 
sprightly; ripens before Concord. 
'Worden. This variety is a seedling of Concord, which it greatly resembles in appearance and fla- 
vor, but the berries are larger, the fruit is better flavored and ripens several days earlier. 
RED GRAPES. 
Amber. (Taylor Seedling No. 8). Bunch large, shouldered, moderately compact; berry medium, 
oblong, pale amber when fully ripe; sweet, juicy, very tender pulp; thin skin; very fine flavor; 
very productive, hardy and healthy; late. 
Agawam. (Rogers’ No. 15). I.arge, round, early and of great vigor of growth; rich, high, peculiar 
aromatic flavor; very much subject to disease, and too high flavored, where all its aroma 
is developed, to be very desirable. 
Amber Queen. Very early, hardy and a strong grower; tender to the center and small seeds bunch 
large and shouldered like the Hamburg; berry large, frequently oblong, holds persistently to 
the bunch, and with proper care will keep all winter. August and September. 
Brighton. A cross between the Concord and Diana Hamburg; bunches large, berries of medium 
size; flesh sweet, tender, and of the highest quality; ripens early; purple. 
Catawba. Well known as the great wine grape of Ohio, Kentucky, etc.; bunches large and loose; 
berries large, of a coppery color, becoming purplish when well ripened; late, good, but liable to 
rot. 
Delaware. Still holds its own as one of the finest grapes; bunches small, compact, shouldered- 
berries rather small, round; skin thin; flesh very juicy, without any hard pulp; an exceeding- 
ly sweet, spicy and delicious flavor; vine moderately vigorous; very hardy and productive. 
Braeut Amber. Vine vigorous and productive; bunch large and long, compact, often shouldered; 
berries large, round; skin thick, of a pale color; very good. 
'Eureka. Seedling of Delaware; bunch large, shouldered, compact; berry medium, rich, sweet, 
sprightly, vinous; vine hardy, healthy, fair grower and productive; free from rot and mildew! 
'Ideal. This fine red grape is one of Mr. Burr’s seedlings of the Delaware, and is as largein bunch 
and berry as Concord and better in quality than Delaware; good grower, hardy, healthy and 
very productive; rots and mildews in some localities; this is no doubt the finest red grape of 
large size, and wherever it can be successfully grown is very desirable. 
Ioaa. (Dr. Grant). Bunches large, long, somewhat shouldered and loose; berries medium, of a 
fine, clear wine color; skin thin; flesh tender, without pulp, with a sweet, brisk, vinous flavor. 
'Jefferson. Bunch large, shouldered, often double shouldered, compact; berry medium to large 
roundish, oval; skin rather thick, light red, with a thin lilac bloom; flesh meaty, yet tender’ 
juicy, sweet, slightly vinous, aromatic aud rich; a handsome, excellent grape, either for market 
or home use; ripens about the time of Concord. 
