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ably sweet next the skin, tart at seeds, good to medium. Seeds separate somewhat 

 readily from pulp, numerous, one to four, often four, above medium in size, rather broad, 

 intermediate in length, blunt, light brown; raphe does not show; chalaza rather large, 

 usually at center, irregularly circular, obscure. 



CREVELING. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera?) 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1858:325. 2. lb., 1860:79. 3. Horticulturist, 15:538. i860, fig. 4. 

 Mag. Hort., 27:103. 1861. 5. Horticulturist, 17:141. 1S62. 6. Mag. Hort., 29:72. 1863. 7. Mead, 

 1867:163. 8. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1867:45. 9. Am. four. Hort., 4:60. 1868. 10. Downing, 1869: 

 536. II. Am. Jour. Hort., 8:1,4;}. 1870. 12. (Jar. A/on., 13:214, 279. 1S71. 13. Bush. Cat., 1883:^0. 

 14. N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 17:528, 540, 544, 548. 554. 1898. 15. 76., 18:374, 387. 395- 1899. 16. 

 Kan. Sta. Bui., 110:240. 1902. 



Bloom (2, 3, 5, 13). Bloomburg (10). Catawissa (5). Catawissa (2, 6, 13). Catawissa Bloom 

 (10). Columbia Bloom (2, 4). Columbia County (10). Laura Beverly (g, 12). Laura Beverly? 

 (10). 



Creveling was long a favorite early black grape for the garden, where, 

 if planted in good soil and kept well trained, it produces fine clusters of 

 large, handsome, very good grapes of the Isabella type. Under any but 

 the best of care, however, it is unproductive and sets loose, straggling 

 bunches. The wood is soft, long-jointed, reddish in color, with a large pith 

 and producing but few laterals. It is markedly self-sterile. 



The origin of the Creveling is uncertain. It was first introduced to the 

 public about 1857 by F. F. Merceron of Catawissa, Pennsylvania. It is 

 said to have been in cultivation in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, some 

 years previous to the date given. The name Creveling came from a family 

 of that name, who cultivated the variety and may possibly have originated 

 it. It was placed upon the grape list of the American Pomological Society 

 fruit catalog in 1867 and dropped from their list in 1899. It is still widely 

 cultivated in varietal vineyards. 



Vine vigorous, not quite hardy, usually not very productive. Canes long, above 

 medium in number, rather thick, dark reddish-brown; nodes slightly enlarged, flattened; 

 internodes medium to long; diaphragm thick; pith large; shoots glabrous; tendrils 

 usually continuous, long, trifid to bifid. 



Leaf-buds rather large, short, thick, obtuse, open in mid-season. Young leaves 

 tinged on upper and lower sides with rose-carmine. Leaves below medium to large, 

 thick; upper surface dark green, dull, slightly rugose; lower surface pale green, rather 

 pubescent ; veins somewhat prominent ; lobes usually three, sometimes obscurely five, 



