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sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow and narrow; teeth shallow to medium, of 

 average width. Flowers open in mid-season, sterile; stamens reflexed. Fruit ripens 

 with Concord or later, keeps very late. Clusters variable in size, medium to short, 

 very broad, slightly tapering to nearly c^'lindrical, upper part of cluster often subdivides 

 into several parts making compound clusters, frequently double-shouldered, usually 

 compact; peduncle short, medium to rather stout; pedicel above average length, moder- 

 ately thick, covered witli few small warts, enlarged at point of attachment with fruit. 

 Berries large, oval tu spherical, dark purplish-black to black, glossy, covered with heavy 

 blue bloom, adhere well to pedicel. Skin rather thin, tough, adheres strongly to pulp, 

 contains but little pigment, not ver^^ astringent. Flesh pale green, translucent, tender 

 when ripened under favorable conditions, stringy, vinous, pleasant-flavored, sweet next 

 the skin, agreeably tart at center, above average quality. Seeds slightly adherent, one 

 to five, average three, nearly large to medium, usually long, of mean breadth, deeply 

 notched, rather blunt but often with slightly enlarged neck, brownish ; raphe usually 

 obscure, sometimes showing as a faint ridge in a broad groove; chalaza nearly small, 

 pear-shaped or circular, above center, distinct. 



BEACON. 



(Lincecumii, Labrusca.) 



I. Ga. Sta. All. Rpt., 13:312, 321. i8go. 2. An. Hort., 1892:176. 3. Bush. Cat., 1894:159. 

 4. Husmann, 1895:126. 5. Rurai A', y., 55:592. 1896. 6. Tex. Sta. Bii;., 48:1 149, 1153. 1898. fig. 

 7. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:526, 548. 1898. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat.. 1899:29. 9. Mo. Sta. Bid., 

 46:48, 76. 1899. 10. Tex. Sta. Bill.. 56:275. 1900. fig. II. Ga. Sta. Bid.. 53:40, 51, 53. 1901. fig. 



Big B Con (7). 



Beacon is another of Munson's hybrids, a cross l:)etween Labrtisca 

 and Lincecumii. It was received at this Station in 1892 and has borne 

 fruit many times since so that there has been abimdant opportunity to see 

 grapes and vine. The variety is not especially well adapted to New York 

 as the fruit is dull in color, lacking in quality, and shells somewhat badly. 

 The vine is ver}' vigorous, bearing a handsome, compact mass of foliage 

 which retains its color and freshness throughout drouths and the heat of 

 summer. In New York it must compete with Concord in commercial 

 vineyards and since it does not equal that variety, taking its character 

 as a whole, it cannot be recommended as a market grape. Its qualitv 

 and appearance are such that it will never be largely grown b^' the amateur 

 in the North. The variet^', however, is of much interest and of possible 

 value to the grape-breeder. 



Munson produced Beacon in 1887 from seed of Big Berry (a variet}- of 



