3^4 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK 



single-shouldered, sometimes double-shouldered, loose to medium, frequently with many 

 undeveloped berries; peduncle long to medium, slender; pedicel long and slender, covered 

 with numerous small, inconspicuous warts, wide at point of attachment to fruit; brush 

 short, pale green. Berries variable in size, distinctly oval, attractive green changing 

 to yellowish-green as the fruit matures, glossy, covered with thin gray bloom, persistent, 

 moderately firm. Skin thin, somewhat tough, adheres to the pulp, contains no pigment, 

 faintly astringent. Flesh greenish, transparent, juicy, tender, stringy, vinous, sweet, 

 good in quality. Seeds separate easily from the pulp when fully ripe but frequently 

 leave some flesh attached to the seed, two to four, average three, heavily wrinkled, 

 large and long, broad to medium, somewhat sharp pointed, yellowish-brown; raphe 

 buried in a shallow groove ; chalaza of average size, above center, very irregular in shape, 

 rather distinct. 



KING. 



(Labrusca?) 



I. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1905:602. 2. lb.. 1906:215. 



King has not fruited on the grounds of this Station, but one of the 

 authors of this work was a committeeman from the Michigan Horticultural 

 Society to name and describe the variety as it grew on the grounds of the 

 originator. The following was the estimate of it made at that time: 



"The King is more vigorous and prolific than the Concord, time of 

 ripening and length of season the same, clusters are one-fourth larger, 

 grapes are more persistent in pedicels, pulp is more tender, flavor nearly 

 the same, but more sprightly, seeds fewer in number, wood harder and of 

 shorter joints and the pedicels are larger." 



This variety was found growing in the Concord vineyard of W. K. 

 Munson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1892. The vine was set for a Concord, 

 and is either a bud-sport of that variety or is some other sort that became 

 accidentally mixed with the Concord vines. Mr. Munson believes it to 

 be the former. King is thought by some to be Eaton on account of its 

 close resemblance to that variety but the grape-growers who have examined 

 it, generally hold it to be distinct. It is in all respects a typical black off- 

 spring of Concord, whether superior remains to be determined. It has 

 been widely disseminated and its place in viticulture should soon be known. 

 In seeking the origin of the grapes described in this work, an effort has 

 been made to determine whether any could be said with certainty to have 

 arisen from bud-sports. King is the best authenticated bud-sport among 



