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ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
COLOR. 
Black. 
Purple. 
Black. 
Purple. 
Black. 
Black. 
Red. 
Red 
White. 
White. 
Black. 
Black. 
White. 
Black. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Bacchus— New. Another of Rickett’s Grapes, who describes it as both a table and 
wine grape ; very hardy in wood, leaf and fruit, and pronounced by all committees 
and amateurs who have tested it as having all the peculiar qualities necessary in a 
perfect wine grape ; very productive, bunch compact, about six inches long ; berry 
medium in size ; pulp half tender, juicy and sprightly. In 1880 the parent vine 
bore 1,500 bunches successfully. The must, by Ochel’s scale, has registered 95 to 
no for a number of years. The must in 1881, which was not a good year, in two 
vineyards, 107, 108 respectively. 
Brighton— A cross between the Concord and Diana Hamburg. It gives the best of 
satisfaction. Bunches large, berries of medium size, dark red ; flesh sweet, tender, 
and of the highest quality. Ripens one week earlier than the Delaware. 
Burnet — This is a new and very promising Grape, sent out by the Ontario (Canada) 
Fruit Growers’ Association, ripening and having equally as good productive qual- 
ities as the Concord, but in flavor, far superior ; vine very vigorous and hardy. 
Catawba— Bunches large and loose ; berries l^rge, of a coppery red color, becoming 
purplish when well ripened ; ripens with Isabella ; requires the most favorable 
soils and situations, good culture and warm seasons, to mature perfectly in West- 
ern New York. 
Champion (Talman)— This variety is valued chiefly for its earliness, being a number 
of days earlier than the Hartford, and nearly or quite equal to the latter in flavor. 
Concord— A popular variety where the choice kinds fail to ripen ; universally healthy, 
vigorous and productive ; flesh somewhat buttery, moderately juicy and sweet. 
Bunch large, nearly black with bloom ; early. 
Delaware— Still holds its own as one of the finest grapes. Bunches small, compact, 
shouldered ; berries rather small, round; skin thin, light red; flesh very juicy, with- 
out any hard pulp, with an exceedingly sweet, spicy and delicious flavor. Vines 
moderately vigorous, very hardy and productive. 
Dian>— Bunches a little above medium size, compact; berries large, light red, very 
juicy and sweet, with distinct, spicy, refreshing flavor ; vine a vigorous grower, 
and bears well ; ripens a little before the Isabella. 
Duchess— The Duchess originated with A. J. Cay wood, in Ulster county, N. Y. 
Bunch medium to large, often eight inches long, shouldered, compact; berries' 
medium, round, greenish white ; skin thin ; flesh tender, without pulp, rich and 
delicious. Ripens with the Delaware. 
Empire State— The Empire State is a seedling of the Hartford Prolific, fertilized with 
the Clinton ; fruited the first time in 1879, and its first crop was thirty-eight 
bunches, which it carried through in fine order. Its crop in 1880 was forty-eight 
bunches, of most magnificent fruit. Grafts inserted in two-year-old Clinton and 
Champion vines in 1880. produced in 1881, from twenty to thirty bunches per vine, 
ripening with Hartford Prolific and Moore’s Early. Nearly all of the bunches 
shouldered, and the finest shade of white ever seen in fruit. A good grower and 
fruiter in every respect. Bunches large, from six to ten inches long, shouldered ; 
berry medium to large, roundish oval; color white with very light tinge of yellow, 
covered with a thick, white bloom ; leaf thick, smooth underside ; flesh tender, 
juicy, rich, sweet and sprightly, with a slight trace of native aroma, continuing a 
long time in use ; vine very hardy. Its great productiveness, beautiful color, fine 
quality, extreme hardiness and vigor and healthfulness of vine and foliage, size 
and compactness of cluster and good shipping qualities make it the best Grape, all 
. things considered, yet produced. (See cut). 
Early Victor— This new extra early grape of Kansas origin, is gaining a fine reputa- 
tion throughout the entire country. In bunch and berry it is rather below the 
average, but ripens verv early, and what is of special importance It is very pure in 
flavor with very little pulp and without a trace of foxiness, or other unpleasant 
taste - while it is exceptionally sweet, sprightly and vinous, never cracks and 
adheres firmly to the bunch. Further, the vine is hardier even than Concord and 
one of the few that resist mildew perfectly. Color black with a fine bloom. 
Eumelan— A native black grape. Bunches above medium, very handsome double 
shouldered and moderately compact ; berries round or slightly oval ; in size 
medium ; in color black. Its flesh is tender to the very center ; its flavor rich, vin- 
ous and spnghtly. 
Francis B. Hayes— A new white grape, of medium sized bunch and berry ; of first 
rate quality and very early ; foliage healthy ; vine vigorous and very hardy. 
Hartford Prolific— Bunches rather large ; berries large, globular; color almost black, 
covered with a beautiful bloom ; flesh sweet and juicy. Ripens four or five days 
before Concord ; valuable for its hardiness, abundant bearing and early maturity. 
SEASON. 
Sept. 
First of 
Sept. 
First to 
middle 
of Sept 
Last of 
Sept. 
August 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Last of 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Early in 
Sept. 
Last of 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
August. 
