VARIETIES OF GRAPES 



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Fig. 



231. Janes- 

 ville. 



localities. Moreover, the grapes ripen early, being about the 



first to color, although they are not ripe 



until some time after coloring. The vine 



also is health}^, vigorous, and productive. 



The fruit, however, is worthless where 



better sorts can be grown. The clusters 



and berries are small, the grapes are 



pulpy, tough, seedy, have a thick skin 



and a disagreeable acid taste. Janes- 



ville was grown by F. W. Loudon, Janesville, 



Wisconsin, from chance seed planted in 1858, 



Vine vigorous^ hardy, healthy, productive. Leaves small, thin ; leaf 

 usually not lobed, with terminus acute; petiolar sinus narrow, often closed 

 and overlapping ; basal and lateral sinuses lacking ; teeth shallow. FloAvers 

 self -fertile, open very early; stamens upright. Fruit early. Clusters small, 

 short, cylindrical, usually single-shouldered, compact ; pedicel short, slender, 

 covered Avith small scattering warts; brush dark wine color. Berries round, 

 dull black with heavy bloom, persistent, firm ; skin thick, tough, adherent, 

 with dark wine-colored pigment, astringent ; flesh pale reddish-green, translu- 

 cent, juicy, tough, coarse, vinous, acid; fair in quality. Seeds adherent, 

 1-6, large, broad, angular, blunt, dark brown. 



616. Champion is a favorite early grape, although the poor 

 quality of the fruit should have driven it from cultivation long 

 ago. The characters which have kept it in the market are earli- 

 ness, good shipping qualities, attractive appearance of fruit, and 

 a vigorous, productive, hardy vine. The hardiness of the vine 

 and the short season of fruit development make it a good 

 variety for northern climates. The origin of Champion is un- 

 known. It was first grown about 1870 in New York. 



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

 often obscurely 5, terminal one acute; petiolar sinus deep; teeth shalloAv. 

 Flowers self -fertile, early; stamens upright. Fruit early. Clusters medium 

 in size, blunt, cylindrical, usually not shouldered, compact; pedicel short 

 with inconspicuous Avarts; brush white tinged with bronze. Berries medium 

 in size, round, dull black covered with heavy bloom, soft; skin thick, tender, 

 adherent, astringent; flesh light green, translucent, juicy, fine-grained, 

 tender, foxy; poor in quality. Seeds adherent, 1-5, broad, long, blunt, light 

 brown. 



617. Concord (Fig. 232) is the most widely known of the 

 grapes of this continent. The preeminently meritorious char- 

 acter of Concord is that it adapts itself to varying conditions. A 



