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placed upon the grape list of the American Pomological Society frviit catalog 

 in 1867, where it still remains. In 1869 Mr. Rogers named the grape Goethe 

 after the great German poet and naturalist. While highly esteemed in the 

 North, it succeeds better and is therefore more commonly grown in the 

 Middle and South Atlantic States and in the valleys of the Ohio and of 

 the lower Missouri. 



Vine vigorous to medium, hardy, variable in productiveness, somewhat subject 

 to mildew in unfavorable locations. Canes above medium to short, of average number 

 and thickness, rather dark brown; nodes enlarged, slightly flattened; internodes very 

 short; diaphragm thick; pith below medium in size; shoots strongly pubescent; tendrils 

 continuous with tendency to intermittent, rather long, bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds intermediate in size, length and tliickness, conical to nearly obtuse, open 

 verj' late. Young leaves tinged lightly on under side and along margin of upper side with 

 rose-carmine. Leaves variable in size, irregularly roundish, medium to somewhat thin; 

 upper surface light green, glossy, of average smoothness; lower surface pale green to 

 bronze, pubescent, veins very distinct; leaf usually not lobed, with terminus broadly 

 acute; petiolar sinus of average depth, narrow, closed and frequently overlapping; 

 basal sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow, often a mere notch; teeth shallow 

 to medium, rather narrow. Flowers partly fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens considerably later than Concord, keeps unusually well. Clusters inter- 

 mediate in size, short to medium, rather broad, widely tapering, frequently single- 

 shouldered, usually two bunches to a shoot, intermediate in compactness; peduncle short 

 to medium, of average thickness; pedicel nearly long, thick, covered with numerous, 

 conspicuous warts, wide at point of attachment to berry; brush long, slender to stout, 

 pale green to yellowish-brown. Berries very large to above medium, oval to nearly 

 roundish, pale red, covered with thin gray or slightly lilac bloom, persistent, of average 

 firmness. Skin thin, tender to medium, adheres slightly to the pulp, contains no pig- 

 ment, faintly astringent. Flesh pale green, translucent, inclined to tenderness, rather 

 coarse, nearly sweet at skin but decidedly tart at center, with some Vinifera sprightliness, 

 ranking good to very good in quality, does not reach its best flavor in many localities 

 in this State. Seeds separate from the pulp with difficulty unless fully ripe, one to three, 

 average two, large, long, of average thickness, very slightly notched, inclined to blunt- 

 ness, brownish; raphe obscure; chalaza of fair size, decidedly above center, pear-shaped, 

 distinct. Must 78°. 



GOFF. 



(Labrusca, Vinifera, Aestivalis.) 



During the quarter century the New York Agricultural Experiment 

 Station has been in existence, the breeding of grapes has been one of the 



