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Work the ground deep and plant a little deeper than they were in the nursery. Make the 
rows eight feel apart and six to eight feet in the rows. Some of the lender varieties would he 
benefitted by laying the vines flat on the ground during winter, with a light covering of earth or 
litter. 
The new varieties are indicated by a star prefixed. 
SELECT VARIETIES. 
BI,ACK GRAPES. 
“Bacchus. Very hardy in wood, leaf and fruit: very productive, bunch coinp„(, about six inches 
long, berry medium in size, pulp half tender, juicy and sprightly. 
Champion. Bunches large and compact; l>crries large, covered with a rich bloom; medium in 
quality; vine a strong and healthy grower and a good bearer; profitable for market on ac- 
count of its earliness. 
Clinton. Bunches medium size, compact shouldered, berries small; flesh acid vinous flavor. 
\ ines hardy, vigorous, productive, but improves by hanging long on the vines. 
Concord. Bunches large, berries large, round; skin thick and covered with bloom; flesh juicy, 
sweet. Vine very hardy, vigorous and productive; at present the most popular of all our na- 
tive sorts. 
Cynthiana. Very similar to Norton’s Virginia; always reliable, one of the surest grapes we have; 
keeps remarkably well, and is very sprightly and spicy; a good grape for winter use. 
Humeian. A medium sized, hardy, productive, melting grape; bunches compact, shouldered; flesh 
tender, sweet, sprightly and vinous; ripens early. 
"Karly Victor. In bunch and berry it is rather below the average, but ripens very early, is very 
pure ill flavor, with very little pulp, is exceptionally sweet, sprightly and vinous; never cracks, 
and adheres firmly to the bunch. 
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. 
Herbert. Rogers’ 41 . Bunch large, compact; berry 
large, tender, sweet and rich; early and produc- 
tive; a handsome variety. 
Ives. Hardy and productive; valuable for market 
on account of its earliness. 
Metrell. .Seedling of Delaware; the earliest and best 
grape of high quality; fully tested, bunch me- 
dium; shouldered, compact; berry medium; 
skin rather tough, slightly pulpy, sweet, rich, 
sprightly, vinous, of the best quality; vine not 
vigorous until fully established; free from rot 
and mildew; will hang on vine long after ripe, 
and ships well. 
Merrlmac. (Rogers’ No. 19}. Bunches large; berries 
very large, round; one of the best. 
-Moore’s Early. A large black grape of the Concord 
type, the entire crop ripening before the Con- 
cord; bunch medium, berries large with blue 
bloom; flesh pulpy, of medium quality. Vine 
hardy, moderately productive, better as it at- 
tains age. Planted extensively as a market sort. 
^Matchless. Bunch very large, compact, handsome; 
berry very large, pure, sweet, sprightly, vinous, 
with a slight pulp; ripe about with Jewel: hardy, 
healthy, vigorous, and productive; free from rot 
and mildew; will hang on the vine long after 
ripe. 
MOORK’S 1\ Ak ly. 
