Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 134 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. HARDY GRAPES— Continued. El Dorado. A very beautiful grape ; clear, golden yellow; bunch and berry large; flesh tender, juicy, rich, and of best flavor; vine healthy and vigorous; ripens a week or ten days before Concord. 2 years, $ each. Excelsior. Vine moderately vigorous; bunch large to very large; shoul- dered ; moderately compact; berry medium to large ; roundish ; flesh meaty, tender, rich and sweet, with a fine aromatic flavor ; ripens late. 2 years, $ each. Jefferson. Vine very
Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 134 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. HARDY GRAPES— Continued. El Dorado. A very beautiful grape ; clear, golden yellow; bunch and berry large; flesh tender, juicy, rich, and of best flavor; vine healthy and vigorous; ripens a week or ten days before Concord. 2 years, $ each. Excelsior. Vine moderately vigorous; bunch large to very large; shoul- dered ; moderately compact; berry medium to large ; roundish ; flesh meaty, tender, rich and sweet, with a fine aromatic flavor ; ripens late. 2 years, $ each. Jefferson. Vine very vigorous, hardy and productive ; bunch very large, often double shouldered, very com- pact; berries large, roundish oval; light red: juicy, sweet, slightly vinous. 2 years, $ each. Jessica. A new white grape, resem- bling the Champion in many re- spects, though of better quality; re- markably early. 2 years, $ each. Lady Washington. Vine healthy and vigorous ; bunch large and compact; berry large; beautiful pale yellow, tinged with pink where exposed to the sun; flesh soft, tender, juicy,sweet and of good quality; ripens a few days after Concord. 2 years, $ each. Naomi. Berry clear, attractive rose color, with thin skin and good flavor ; bunch large; vine vigorous and healthy. 2 years, $ each. Empire State. White, fine flavored and productive. Vine vigorous and hardy. 2 years, $ each. Niagara. Vine remarkably hardy and strong grower; bunches very large and very compact; sometimes shouldered ; uniform ; berries large, or larger than Concord ; light green- ish white, semi-transparent, slightly ambered in the sun ; skin thin, but tough and does not crack; quality good ; has a flavor and aroma pecu- liarly its own. 1 year, 50 cts.; 2 years, $ each. Pocklington. A seedling of the Con- ' cord, resembling that variety in leaf, vine, habit of growth, hardiness and productiveness. Bunch and berry very large; attractive golden yellow color; ripens with Concord.
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