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THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



by this Society in 1877, and was introduced by the originator the same 

 year. In 1881 Moore Early was placed on the grape list of the American 

 Pomological Society fruit catalog where it still remains. 



Vine medium to vigorous, hardy, not a heavy yielder. Canes medium to short, of 

 average number, medium to below in thickness, rather dark reddish-brown, surface 

 slightly roughened; nodes enlarged, flattened; internodes short to medium; diaphragm 

 thinnish; pith intermediate in size; shoots pubescent; tendrils continuous, of fair length, 

 bifid to trifid. 



Leaf-buds small and slender, short, pointed to conical, open medium early. Young 

 leaves tinged on lower side and along margin of upper side with rose-carmine. Leaves 

 large to medium, thick; upper surface medium dark green, dull, of average smoothness; 

 lower surface tinged with bronze, heavily pubescent; veins distinct; leaf usually not 

 lobed, with terminus acute; petiolar sinus of average depth, wide to medium; basal sinus 

 lacking; lateral sinus a notch when present; teeth shallow, narrow to medium. Flowers 

 fertile, open in mid-season; stamens upright. 



Fruit ripens from two to three weeks earlier than Concord, does not keep well. 

 Clusters intermediate in size, length, and breadth, irregularly cylindrical to tapering, 

 sometimes single-shouldered, inclined to looseness; peduncle short to medium, thick; 

 pedicel short, thick, nearly smooth; brush short, pale green. Berries large to above 

 medium, roundish, dark purplish-black to black, covered with abundant blue bloom, 

 not very persistent, nearl)- firm. Skin intermediate in thickness, tender, adherent to 

 the pulp, contains dark purplish-red pigment, not astringent. Flesh greenish, translu- 

 cent, juicy, fine-grained and tough, with slight foxiness, sweet next the skin but some- 

 what acid at center, fair to good in quaHty. Seeds adherent, one to four, average two 

 and three, large, often irregular in shape, broad and plump, blunt, brown with yellow 

 tinge at tips; raphe buried in a small and indistinct groove; chalaza of average size, 

 obscure, often showing as a faint, irregular depression. 



MOYER. 



(Labrusca, Bourquiniana.) 



I. Columbus Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1887:218. 2. //)., 1887:218. 3. Can. Hort., 11:265. 1888. col. 

 pi. 4. ir. -V. V. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 35:176. 1890. 5. lb., 36:42. i8gi. 6. III. Sta. Bid.. 28:261. 

 1893. 7. Bush. Cat.. 1894:151). 8. Can. Hort., 22:386. 189Q. fig. 9. Mo. Sta. Bui., 46:40, 42. 

 1899. 10. Ont. Fr. E.xp. Slas. Rpt., 6:20. 1899. fig. il. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat., 1899:29. 



Jordan (2). Jordan (5, 7). Mover's Early Red (i). 



Moyer at its best is almost a counterpart of its parent Delaware. It 

 has all of the faults of Delaware and some added ones. Were it not for the 

 fact that the variety is from one to two weeks earlier than its parent, and 

 somewhat hardier, hence better adapted for colder regions, it could not 



