The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . grapes of Germany, to which its fruit bears astrong resemblance, but from which, in wood and foliage, it isjis distinct as any of our native grapes. Mr. Thomson thinks itmust have been an accidental seedling that sprang up in thatgarden, as it is free from blight and mildew, never prematurelylosing its leaves, and seeming to luxuriate in our climate, whic
The fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . grapes of Germany, to which its fruit bears astrong resemblance, but from which, in wood and foliage, it isjis distinct as any of our native grapes. Mr. Thomson thinks itmust have been an accidental seedling that sprang up in thatgarden, as it is free from blight and mildew, never prematurelylosing its leaves, and seeming to luxuriate in our climate, whichcannot be said of any foreign variety with which we are ac-quainted. Bunch small, very compact, and generally shoulder-ed. Berries smallish, round when not compressed. Skin thin, ofa beautiful liglit-red or flesh colour, very translucent, passing towine colour % long keeping, It is without hardness or acidit^^ THE GRAPE. 337 in its pulp, exceedingly sweet but sprightly, vinous, and aromatic,and is well characterised by Mr. Prince^ as our highest flavour-ed and most delicious hardy grape. It is a vigorous grower, anearly and profuse bearer, and probably more hardy than Isabellaor Catawba. In the garden of Mr. Thomson, where all other. Delaware. kinds were nearly destroyed by the unprecedented cold of 65and 56, this alone was uninjured. It ripens nearly, or quite, * Remarks in bringing it before the Pomoloa:ical 338 THE GRAPE. three weeks before the IsabeHa. Its bunches and ben-ies arevery greatly increased in size by high culture. Diana. A seedling of the Catawba raised by Mrs. Diana Crehore ofBoston, and named by the Massachusetts Horticultural promise of excellence was first made known to the public byMr. Hovey through his Magazine in 1844, and in 1849 theHorticulturist announced it the best and most beautiful of Ame-rican grapes, particularly valuable for its earliness. For the Southit has proved-even better than at the North. In its general appearanc
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