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mon storage, unwrapped, Goff was one of the four best keepers, Canandaigua, 

 Wilder and Vergennes being the other three. These four varieties kept in 

 very good condition until April 16, and under circumstances not altogether 

 favorable. 



The vine characters of Goff are exceptionally good on the Station 

 grounds. The vines are vigorous, hardy, very productive, and the foliage 

 is healthy. All of the above characters are developed to an extent seldom 

 found in a variety showing the specific blood indicated in the Goff. In 

 these respects, taking all of them, this variety surpasses any of Rogers' 

 hybrids, grapes with which it can be best compared. The variety is now 

 distributed for testing in the various grape regions of the State and if the 

 reports of its behavior are satisfactory, it will be generally distributed 

 within a few years. 



Vine vigorous to very' vigorous, hardy, very productive. Canes medium to long, 

 numerous, often rather thick, dark brown with slight reddish tinge; nodes enlarged, 

 flattened ; intemodes intermediate in length ; diaphragm thick to medium ; pith of 

 average size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, sometimes intermittent, long, 

 bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds intermediate in size and thickness, short to medium, plump, conical to 

 roundly obtuse, open in mid-season. Young leaves tinged on lower side and along 

 margin of upper side with light rose-carmine. Leaves healthy, medium to large, of 

 average thickness; upper surface light green; smooth to rugose, dull; lower surface 

 pale green, slightly cobwebby; veins fairly distinct; lobes three to five in number with 

 terminal lobe obtuse to acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow; basal sinus medium to shallow, 

 rather wide; lateral sinus deep, wide; teeth shallow, of average width. Flowers fertile, 

 open in mid-season or later, sometimes on plan of six; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens a little later than Concord, keeps unusually well. Clusters variable in 

 size, long to medium, frequently very slender, cylindrical, surface of cluster often irregular 

 with blunt end larger than the part above, usually not shouldered, or with a small single 

 shoulder, compact; peduncle usually short, intermediate in thickness; pedicel rather 

 short, of average thickness, covered with few, if any warts, wide at point of attachment 

 to fruit; brush short, slender, pale green with faint brown tinge. Berries variable in 

 size, averaging about the size of Concord, frequently misshapen, strongly flattened, not 

 uniform, dark reddish-purple, covered with heavy lilac or bluish bloom, persistent, 

 firm. Skin thick, intermediate in toughness, adheres slightly to the pulp, with bright 

 red pigment, slightly astringent. Flesh pale green, translucent, juicy, tender, a little 

 coarse, somewhat vinous, sweet from skin to center, very good in quality. Seeds separate 

 easily from the pulp, one to five, average three, intermediate in size, variable in breadth, 



