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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



the qunlity is jrood, flavor a<xroeal)lc, flesh tender, and seeds and 

 skin are not objectionable. The original 

 vine was a chance seedling in the garden of 

 William E. Greene, Vergennes, Vermont, in 

 1874. 



Vine variable in vif^or, doubtfully hardy, produc- 

 tive, healthy. Leaves large, thin; leaf usually not 

 lobed with terminus broadly acute; petiolar sinus 

 wide; teeth shallow. Flowers semi-sterile, midsea- 

 son; stamens upright. Fruit late. Clusters of me- 

 dium size, broad, cylindrical, sometimes single- 

 shouldered, loose; pedicel with numerous small 

 warts; brush slender, short, pale green. Berries 

 large, oval, light and dark red with thin bloom, per- 

 sistent ; skin thick, tough, adherent, astringent; 



flesh pale green, juicy, fine-grained, somewhat stringy, tender, vinous; good 



to very good. Seeds free, 1-5, blunt, brown. 



Fig. 



-L't;. Vergen- 

 nes. 



Sub-group 3. Berries Purple-black 



611. Campbell Early (Fig. 227). — The meritorious qualities 

 of Campbell Early are : the grapes are high in quality ; free from 

 foxiness and from acidity about the seeds ; 

 have small seeds which easily part from the 

 flesh ; are early, ripening nearly a fortnight 

 before Concord; bunch and berry are large 

 and handsome; and the vines are exception- 

 ally hardy. Campbell Early falls short in 

 not being adapted to many soils; the variety 

 lacks productiveness; the grapes attain full 

 color before they are ripe, and are, therefore, 

 often marketed in an unripe condition ; the 

 bunch is variable in size; and the color of 

 the berry is not attractive. George AV. 

 Campbell, Delaware, Ohio, grew this va- 

 riety from a seed of Moore Early. It bore first in 1892. 



Fig. 227. Campbell 

 Early. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Leaves large, thick; lobes 3, usually 

 entire, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus shallow, wide, basal sinus pubes- 

 cent; lateral sinus wide or a notch; teeth shallow, narrow. Flowers self- 

 fertile, open in midseason; stamens upright. Fruit early. Clusters usually 

 large, long, broad, tapering, single-shouldered; pedicel short, slender, with 



