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cracks badly in wet weather and does not keep nor ship well, skin and flesh 

 being very tender. 



Nicholas Grein of Hermann, Missouri, produced Grein Golden over 

 thirty years ago. It is generally supposed to be from seed of Taylor. 

 Grein states that he planted seed of the European Riesling and of Taylor 

 at the same time, and that the Taylor did not germinate but that the 

 European Riesling did, one of the seedlings being Grein Golden. As the 

 Grein Golden shows Riparia very plainly, with no trace of Vinifera, it is 

 generally supposed that the seeds were mixed and that Grein Golden is a 

 Taylor seedling. The variety has been and still is a commercial sort in 

 the wine districts of the middle West. 



Vine vigorous, hardy, productive. Canes long to medium, numerous, somewhat 

 slender, rather dark reddish-brown; nodes sHghtly enlarged, usually flattened; inter- 

 nodes long to medium ; diaphragm of average thickness; pith intermediate in size ; shoots 

 pubescent; tendrils intermittent, of fair length, trifid to sometimes bifid. 



Leaf-buds of average size, short to medium, intermediate in thickness, conical to 

 pointed, open in mid-season. Young leaves faintly tinged on lower side only with 

 faintest rose carmine. Leaves large to medium, thick; upper surface dark green, dull, 

 moderately smooth; lower surface pale green, slightly pubescent; veins not conspicuous; 

 lobes none to three with terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep, medium to narrow; basal 

 sinus usually lacking; lateral sinus shallow, wide, frequently obscure; teeth medium 

 to deep, of average width. Flowers sterile, open in mid-season; stamens reflexed. 



Fruit ripens about with Niagara, does not keep nor ship well. Clusters large, long 

 to medium, somewhat broad, tapering, irregular, often heavily single-shouldered, loose 

 to moderately compact; peduncle above average length, thickish; pedicel intermediate 

 in length and thickness, covered with few, inconspicuous warts; brush slender, medium 

 in length, pale green. Berries uniform in size, rather large, roundish, attractive light 

 green often with tinge of golden yellow or pinkish-yellow, glossy, covered with thin 

 gray bloom, persistent, intermediate in finnness. Skin very thin, tender, often inclined 

 to crack, does not adhere to the pulp, contains no pigment. Flesh greenish, translucent, 

 very juicy, tender, vinous, slightly sweet next the skin but decidedly acid at center, 

 medium to good in quality, better than Elvira. Seeds separate easily from the pulp 

 when mature, two to four in number, average two and three, above medium in size, 

 broad, intermediate in length, plump, light to dark brown; raphe shows as a small 

 but prominent cord; chalaza rather large, at center or slightly above, oval, usually 

 distinct. 



