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siderably to pulp, contains no pigment, slightly astringent. Flesh pale green, rather 

 transparent, juicy, slightly stringy, inclined to tenderness when fully ripe, fine-grained, 

 vinous, sweetish at skin but tart next the seeds, good but not equal to Delaware. Seeds 

 cling somewhat to pulp, one to four in number, average three, rather large and broad, 

 slightl}^ elongated, plump, light brown; raphe obscure; chalaza large, slightly above 

 center, irregularly circular to slightly oval, distinct. 



BROWN. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera?) 



I. A^. Y. Sta. A}t. Rpt., 12:619. 1S93. 2. Bush. Cat., 1894:96. 3. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:277. 

 1S95. 4. Ih.. 17:527, 54S, 554, 1S9S. 5. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1899:90. 6. Rural X. Y-, 59:722. 

 1900. 7. lb., 65:914. 1906. 8. lb., 65:937. 1906. 9. lb., 66:24. 1907. 



Brown's E.\rly (7, 9). Brown Seedling (5, 6, 8). 



Wm. B. Brown of Newburgh gives the history of the grape bearing 

 his name as foUows: ' " Brown's seedhng came up in my yard at Newburgh, 

 New York, about fifteen years ago [this statement was made in 1899] near 

 an Isabella vine. There was not and never had been any other vine in the 

 yard at that time." The statement is further made that Charles Downing 

 examined the vine several times and said " there was no doubt but that 

 it was a seedling of the Isabella." Brown was exhibited at the New York 

 State Fair in 1892 and was given a first prize. It was again exhibited 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and was awarded a diploma 

 and honorable mention. The originator states that the variety "has been 

 exhibited in at least twenty-five fairs and has always received first prize." 

 Since 1892 Brown has been several times described with favorable men- 

 tion in the horticultural press. This variety was distributed in 1907 to 

 the subscribers of the Rural New Yorker as Brown's Earlv. In spite of 

 the encomiums of fairs and newspapers during the past fifteen or twenty 

 years, Brown has not received favorable recognition from the grape-growers 

 of New York. As the variety grows on the Station grounds the quality is 

 only good, not high, and the berries shatter badly. 



Vine vigorous to medium, hardy, very productive. Canes medium to short, inter- 

 mediate in number, medium to slender, moderately dark brown. Leaves of average 

 size and thickness, healthy, rather light green, sHghtly glossy; veins well defined, dis- 



' Advertising circular sent out by Wm. B. Brown in 1S99. 



