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Eldorado does not inherit Concord's ability to set fruit well; even with 

 cross-pollination it sometimes fails to bear and is not worth growing 

 unless planted in a mixed vineyard. The clusters are so often small and 

 straggling under the best possible conditions that the variety cannot be 

 highly recommended to the amateur yet its delightful flavor and its earli- 

 ness may commend it to some. 



J. H. Ricketts of Newburgh, New York, produced Eldorado some 

 time about 1870 from seed of Concord fertilized by Allen's Hybrid. It 

 was introduced by the originator about 1881 and is still offered for sale 

 by a few nurserymen. Eldorado has been somewhat commonly grown in 

 gardens and collections in the East but does not succeed in the West. 



Vine usually a strong grower, hardy except in severe winters, an uncertain bearer. 

 Canes long, not very numerous; tendrils intennittent to rarely continuous, bifid to 

 trifid. Leaves below medium to large, irregularly roundish, dark green, rugose on 

 older leaves; lower surface tinged with bronze, pubescent. Flowers sterile, open medium 

 late; stamens reflexed. Fruit ripens earlier than Concord, keeps well. Clusters do 

 not always set perfectly and are quit ^ variable in size, frequently single-shouldered, 

 not uniform in compactness. Berries large to medium, roundish, yellowish-green chang- 

 ing to a golden yellow, covered with thin gray bloom. Flesh tender, slightly foxy, 

 sweet from skin to center, mild, high flavored, good to very good in quality. Seeds 

 intermediate in size and length, blunt. 



ELSINBURGH. 



(Vinifera, Aestivalis.) 



I. Amcr. Farmer, 9:221. 1827. 2. Prince, 1830:176. 3. Downing, 1845:255. 4. Elliott, 

 1854:245. 5. Horticulturist, 12:458. 1S57. 6. Phin, 1862:254. 7. Am. Pont. Soc. Cat., 1862:90. 

 8. Husmann, 1866:120. 9. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1881:38. 10. Bash. Cat., 1883:94. 11. A'. Y. Sla. 

 An. Rpt., 13:603. 1894. 12. lb., 17:530, 548, 554. 1898. 



Blue Elsingburg (2). Elscnburgh (2). Elsinboro (4, 10, 11). Elsingburg (7). Elsinburg (6). 

 Elsinborough 6). Elsinborough (2, 3, 4). Missouri Bird's Eye (S). Smart's Elsinburgh (3, 4). 

 Smart's Elsingboroitgh (2, 10, 11). 



Elsinburgh dates back nearly a century and is now rarely cultivated, 

 having long since been replaced by better varieties. It is certainly not 

 known in New York now and it is doubtful if it was ever much grown as it 

 fruits very sparingly in the North and is but half hardy in the latitude of 

 this State. In quality it is one of the best of the Aestivalis grapes, having 

 a pure, rich, vinous, spicy flavor without a trace of foxiness. It would 

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