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COLERAIN. 



(Labrusca.) 



I. Rural N. Y., 47:759. 1888. fig. 2. Bush. Cat., 1894:105. 3. Rural N. Y., 53:616. 1S94. 

 4. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 14:378. 1S95. 5. iV. 1'. Sta. An. Rpt.. 17:528, 548, 554. 1898. 6. Rural 

 N. Y.. 58:23. 1899. 7. Mick. Sta. Bid.. 169:165. 1S99. 



Colerain is one of the numerous white seedlings of Concord and one of 

 the few of these seedHngs of sufficient merit to be kept in cultivation. It 

 has the characteristic foliage and habit of growth of its parent but is 

 earlier by at least a week, is of much higher quality and lacks some- 

 what the foxiness of most Labruscas. Colerain is sprightly and vinous 

 and neither seeds nor skins are as objectionable as in the parent variety ; the 

 fruit hangs well to the vine and keeps as well as most of the varieties of its 

 class but owing to its tender pulp does not ship well. It is reported to 

 be more or less unproductive in some localities. While Colerain has not 

 attained commercial importance, it is recognized as well wortliy a place in 

 home vineyards, and for this reason and because it is one of the best if not 

 the best of the white seedlings of Concord it is given the honor of a color- 

 plate and full description in The Grapes of Netv York. 



David Bundy of Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, produced Colerain 

 from seed of Concord planted in 1880. The variety was soon after intro- 

 duced by the Colerain Grape Company of Colerain, Ohio. 



Vine medium to vigorous, usually hardy, healthy, not alwaj-s productive. Canes 

 intermediate in length and number, slender, dark reddish-brown; nodes of average size, 

 flattened; internodes medium to below; diaphragm thick; pith rather large; shoots 

 pubescent; tendrils continuous, rather short, bifid. 



Leaf-buds small, short, slender, pointed to nearly conical, open moderately late. 

 Young leaves lightly tinged on lower side and along margin of upper side with a faint 

 trace of carmine. Leaves of average size, nearly thick; upper surface light green, dull, 

 moderately smooth; lower surface slightly bronze, downy; veins rather distinct; leaf 

 not lobed, terminus acute; petiolar sinus shallow to medium, usually wide; basal and 

 lateral sinuses very shallow when present; teeth shallow, of' average width. Flowers 

 fertile, opening in mid-season or earlier; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens a week or more earlier than Concord, keeps fairly well but does not ship 

 well. Clusters attractive, averaging medium in size and length, somewhat slender, 

 blunt, tapering to nearly cylindrical, irregular, usually strongly shouldered, moderately 

 compact; peduncle medium in length and thickness; pedicel intermediate in length, 



