Sutter County, California.
Prices reasonable; given on application for both one and two-year old
rooted vines. Will also send _sample of raisins, if desired_.
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Described by Prof. Eisen.
In a communication to _California_, a Journal of Rural Industry, May
No., 1890, entitled “With the Fruit Growers in Sutter County,” Prof.
Eisen thus refers to Mr. Stabler, and his work: “Mr. B. G. Stabler
makes a specialty of dried peaches and seedless raisins, and has
succeeded well with both. The principal raisin-grape of this vicinity
is the little-known seedless grape, Lady Decoverly, here known as the
Thompson Seedless, he being the first to grow it. Years ago, about
1872, this gentleman saw advertised in an Eastern Catalogue a seedless
grape, said to come from Constantinople, and was called the Lady
Decoverly. It proved to be very different from the common Sultana,
being of yellow color, and of oblong shape. It is certainly strange
that this singular variety of grape should have existed here so many
years, and failed to attract general attention. It is an enormous
bearer, heavier even than the Sultana, and ripens early in August. It
makes very choice raisins for cooking purposes. The color is similar
to that of the Muscatel, and makes a raisin of beautiful color. Among
other novelties in the way of fruit, Mr. Stabler has a Chance Seedling
Apricot, which promises to be something extraordinary. It is not yet
in bearing, * * * but think of apricot leaves six inches in diameter,
and limbs many times as long and strong as those of ordinary apricot
trees,” etc.
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