PHOTb'tVeTcoTtii: 
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 16, 1893 
VOL. LII. No, 
PRICE, THREE CENTS 
$1.00 PER YEAR. 
A MOST PROMISING NEW GRAPE. 
Campbell’s Early. 
Is there any one to dispute the assertion that in 
spite of the improvements that have been made in our 
native grapes, the Concord is still by far the most 
popular black 
well it will hang on the vine. I have a photograph 
of one of the largest clusters, which I will send you. 
[See Fig. 2(55.—Eds j The grape is an effort on my 
part to produce an improvement on the Concord and 
Worden, in which, I think, I have succeeded, as it is 
earlier, larger and lirmer, with smaller seeds. Skin 
my collection this year, when everything is ‘ dried up 
and withered.’” geo. w. CAMPBELL, 
World’s Fair Station, Hort. Dept., Chicago, Sept. 21, 1893. 
Eds. R. N.-Y.: 
“Your card, requesting photograph of my black 
grape, reached me to-day, having been forwarded from 
Delaware. I 
grape in culti¬ 
vation ? There 
are many oth- 
ers excelling 
it in certain 
respects, but 
there is no 
other well- 
known variety 
that excels it 
in those char¬ 
acteristics that 
go to make the 
most popular 
black grape 
for the pro¬ 
ducer and con¬ 
sumer alike. 
Whether or 
not there is a 
fair chance 
that Camp¬ 
bell’s Early 
will equal the 
Concord in all 
respects and 
excel it in oth¬ 
ers, the follow¬ 
ing description 
and state¬ 
ments may 
help our read¬ 
ers to form an 
opinion: 
DKLAWARK, O . I 
sept. 11,1893. i 
Eds It. N.-Y.: 
“ I take the 
liberty of 
sending you 
to-day a small 
specimen of 
the last of the 
clusters re¬ 
maining of one 
of my produc- 
t i o n s , with 
which I am 
much pleased, 
a seedling 
from Moore’s 
Early, crossed 
with another 
of my produc¬ 
tions. So far 
as tested—sec¬ 
ond bearing— 
it seems more 
promising for 
a grape, for 
general use, 
happened t o 
have one copy 
here, which f 
mail you. Of 
the character 
of the grape 
itself, I think 
you can judge 
fairly well, if 
the little sam¬ 
ple I mailed, 
reached you in 
good order. 
So far, it seems 
to have all the 
characteristics 
of a good, pop¬ 
ular grape for 
general, and 
almost uni¬ 
versal, plant¬ 
ing for all pur¬ 
poses. If it 
does not de- 
velop any 
faults, not now 
apparent, un¬ 
til I can get a 
stock of vines 
propagated, I 
shall probably 
introduce it to 
the public as 
“Campbell’s 
Early,” and I 
do not believe 
it will discred¬ 
it the name.” 
G. w. c. 
Dki.awarb, O., I 
Oct. 2, 1893. ( 
Eds. II N.-Y.: 
“ I have just 
returned from 
Chicago, and 
send you, as 
I promised, 
some leaves of 
m y favorite 
black grape. 
We have had 
severe frosts, 
and all the 
upper and out¬ 
side leaves are 
dry and with¬ 
ered. Those 
sent you are 
from below, 
and where 
partially pro- 
than anything 
tec ted, and 
I have ever 
A Most Promising'New Grape, “Campbell’s Early.” Fig. >265. 
from different 
before pro¬ 
duced, or have ever grown. I have used no sprays, 
and the vine is just perfect; no berry has ever rotted, 
and clusters were bagged only just as they were be¬ 
ginning to color, about August 12. I took the best 
clusters to the Ohio State Fair August 27, perfectly 
colored, and apparently ripe ; but I have left a few 
of smaller size—one of which I send you—to see how 
thin, but tenacious, a little meaty, but sweet from 
the skin to the center, and the seeds part very freely 
from the pulp. The growth and foliage are all I could 
wish. Please test the grape carefully, and remember 
that the cluster sent you is not half the normal size of 
well-grown clusters. The grape has been grown with 
only common care, and it is the best of anything in 
portions of the 
vine. I also send you another small cluster, showing 
how well it hangs on the vine without losing char¬ 
acter, and also remaining Bound and plump, with no 
tendency to 1 shell off ’ or fall from the stems. I am 
also keeping a few picked a month ago, lying in a 
basket in my oellar to see how long they will keep in 
good order after gathering, without special care or 
