. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. 133 PRINGLE'S NEW HYBRID GRAPES. "We take Trmcli pleasure in introrlncingfoiir new va
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. For the Farm and Garden. 133 PRINGLE'S NEW HYBRID GRAPES. "We take Trmcli pleasure in introrlncingfoiir new varieties of Hardy Grapes, raised by the well-known and snccessful liybridizer of Potatoes, Grains and other plants, Mr. C. G. Pringle, of Vermont. These vai'ieties are purely native, without any foreign blood, and liave matured their crops regularly in the northern part of Vermont, where most otlier varieties have failed. Tliey will prove not only a valuable acquisition to tlie norTbern pajts of our country, where the ordinary varieties will not mature, but will be of great value as ver3" early varieties in the more favored portions of the country. MANSFIEIiD. This is one of the best of Pringle's hybrids and a grape vhich in richness of quality is surpassed by no native sort. It was raised in 1869 from seed of the Concord fertilized bypollen of the lona; and it combines in an unusual manner the more valuable characters of both these popular sorts. The vine is a rampant grower, with broad and thick leaves which are densely woolly beneath. Color of fruit purplish black under a slight bloom; bunch large, often shouldered, sufficiently com- pact; berry large, somewhat oval; flesh tender with but little pulp of a remarkably lich and delightful flavor. Fruit adheres well to the stem. Season earlier than that of Concord. It is confidently predicted that this variety will take a first rank among our hardiest and best table grapes. Two-year old vines, ^ each; one-year old,
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