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The Adah grape is a seedling of the Brighton, undoubtedly crossed 

 with some Labrusca variety, as the tendrils on the Adah are neither regu- 

 larly intermittent nor continuous. Some canes have them intermittent 

 while on other canes of the same vine there are sometimes three, four, 

 six or even eight tendrils continuous. Seed was planted in the autumn 

 of 1898; permanently set in the vineyard in the spring of 1900; first 

 fruited 1904; has fruited annually since, except in 1910. Adah starts 

 growth very early in spring, and is apt to suffer loss of crop in localities 

 where late spring frosts occur. I am located .in the highest point be- 

 tween Lincoln and Nebraska City; am immune from either late spring or 

 early fall frost. 



Adah grape is a strong, free grower, points rather short; leaf 

 medium size; cluster medium to large in size, compact, not so much as 

 Telegraph; berries large as Concord, bright red, covered with pale bloom, 

 giving fruit a light red appearance. The fruit is very sweet and of 

 aromatic flavor. A most splendid grape for the table; vine a very 

 heavy bearer; productive almost to a fault. 



The Ernest grape is a production of a Brighton seedling in the 

 second generation; the maternal parent of the Ernest grape was grown 

 under the John Burr system, same as the Adah grape, in the autumn 

 of 1898. Was entered on my grape record as B-27. Th-e letter indicated 

 the grape row and the number of its location in the row. B-27 is still 

 thirfty and bears abundantly; clusters rather small, very compact; ber- 

 ries large as Concord; bright red; very sweet and decidedly aromatic 

 flavor. From a study of the plant B-27 I was convinced it partook of 

 almost equal properties of both its maternal and paternal ancestry what- 

 ever its parternal parentage may have been. According to Professor 

 Mendall's law of hybrids the second generation of B-27 should give a 

 valuable variety. In the autumn of 1906 seeds of B-27 were planted. 

 The following season the seedling vines were culled down to six; one 

 of the six is the Ernest grape. 



The Ernest grape is a strong and healthy grower, equal to Concord; 

 joints medium length, intermittent tendrils, leaves medium, slightly 

 three-lobed, pale green above, greyish felt below. Leaf stalks large and 

 strong; ripens its wood early in the fall. Clusters large to very large. 

 One on exhibition September, 1913, weighing 18 ounces. 



Clusters are sufficiently compact to make handsome clusters. Berry 

 a little larger than Concord; greyish scarlet in color, very sweet and of 

 fine flavor. Ripens between Moore's Early and Worden; ripens evenly; 

 does not crack or shell and retains its fine flavor when left attached to 

 the vine. Ernest grape is as productive as the Concord and seems per- 

 fectly hardy. 



Of the twelve varieties 1 have exhibited before the Nebraska State 

 Horticultural Society three have been grown under the John Burr system; 

 the other nine varieties have been grown by direct application of the 

 pollen. The John Burr system of propagation has but one redeeming 

 feature and that is congeniality between varieties. Experience has 



