250 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



viticulture. Notwithstanding its defects Early Ohio is grown somewhat 

 commonly in New York though its culture is on the wane. 



The original seedling of Early Ohio was found in the year 1882 in the vine- 

 yard of R. A. Hunt, at Euclid, Ohio, between rows of Delaware and Concord. 

 It was introduced in 1892 by the C. S. Curtice Company, of Portland, New 

 York. 



Vine medium to weak, often tender, usually produces medium crops. Canes short 

 to very short, few in number, rather slender, brownish with a slight reddish tinge; nodes 

 somewhat enlarged, flattened; internodes short; diaphragm thick; pith intermediate in 

 size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, usually short, bifid. 



Leaf-buds rather small and short, inclined to slender, pointed to conical, open in 

 mid-season. Young leaves lightly tinged on under side and along margin of upper side 

 with rose-carmine. Leaves intermediate in size, of average thickness; upper surface 

 light green, dull, smoothish; lower surface varies from pale green to slight bronze, 

 pubescent; veins fairly distinct; lobes varj' from none to three, with terminal lobe acute; 

 petiolar sinus medium to shallow, rather wide; basal sinus usually absent; lateral sinus 

 nearly shallow, wide to rather narrow; teeth shallow to sometimes medium, somewhat 

 narrow. Flowers fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens two or three weeks earlier than Concord, some seasons a few days earlier 

 than Moore Early, does not keep well. Clusters medium in size, intermediate to long, 

 below average in thickness, tapering, frequently not shouldered, moderately compact; 

 peduncle short to medium, of fair thickness; pedicel intermediate in length, medium to 

 rather slender, covered with few, small warts; brush above average length, slender, 

 tinged with red. Berries not very uniform in size, averaging medium, roundish, purplish- 

 black, slightly glossy, covered with rather heavy blue bloom, persistent, firm. Skin 

 intermediate in thickness and toughness, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains a moderate 

 amount of reddish pigment, astringent. Flesh greenish, translucent, juic}^, somewhat 

 tough, slightly aromatic, sweet at skin but slightly acid at center, inferior in quality. 

 Seeds do not separate easily unless fully ripe, one to four, average three, intermediate 

 in size, length, and breadth, notched, light brown with yellowish-brown tips; raphe 

 obscure; chalaza of fair size, slightly above center, circular to oval, rather obscure. 



EARLY VICTOR. 



(Labrusca, Bourquiniana?) 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpl.. 1877:44. 2. Downing, 1881:166. app. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881 :^u. 

 4. N. J. Hort.Soc. Rpl., iSSi-.i;}. 5. Bush. Cat., 1883:96. 6. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1883:26. 7. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. Rpt.. 1885:103, 105. 8. Rural X. Y., 45:622, 653. 1886. 9. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 

 1886:187. 10. Can. Hort.. 11:287. 1S8S. 11. Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1889:361, 373. 12. W. N. Y. 

 Hort. Soc. Rpt., 36:40. 1891. 13. Bush. Cat., 1894:121. 14. HUch. Sta. Bui., 169:170. 1899. 15. 

 N. Y. Sta. An. Rpt., 18:393. 1899. 16. Can. Hort., 23:217. 1900. 



